Countries
China, Mongolia
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine
Total No. Of Countries
26
0
46
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National Language
China, Mongolia
Moldova, Romania
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Kazakhstan, Russia
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine
Regulated By
Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li
Interesting Facts
- Mongolian was first written using Phagspa script in late 13th century.
- There is no connection between Mongolian, Japanese and Korean, but still in terms of grammar and sentence structure they are very similar.
- Romanian language has distinct type of grammar and phonology compared to other Romance languages.
- The earliest text of Romance language was found in the year 1521.
Similar To
Turkish Language
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.
Derived From
-
Latin
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3531
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
137
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2020
9
60
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Scripts
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script
Latin
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks24 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Сайн уу (Sain uu)
alo
Thank You
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)
multumesc
How Are You?
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)
ce mai faci?
Good Night
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)
noapte Buna
Good Evening
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)
buna Seara
Good Afternoon
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)
buna Ziua
Good Morning
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)
bună Dimineața
Please
Хэрэв (Kherev)
Vă Rog
Sorry
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)
scuze
Bye
Баяртай (Bayartai)
La revedere
I Love You
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)
Te iubesc
Excuse Me
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)
Scuza-Ma
Dialect 1
Khalkha Mongolian
Aromanian
Where They Speak
Mongolia
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00250,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Ordos Mongolian
Megleno-Romanian
Where They Speak
Mongolia
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey
How Many People Speak
123,000.005,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Khorchin Mongolian
Istro-Romanian
Where They Speak
Mongolia
Croatia
How Many People Speak
5,700,000.001,400.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
810
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
5.70 million28.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.14 %0.37 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
5.70 million24.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
5.00 million4.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)
Română
Alternative Names
Khalkha, Buryat, Oirat
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian
French Name
mongol
roumain; moldave
German Name
Mongolisch
Rumänisch
Pronunciation
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/
[roˈmɨnə]
Ethnicity
Mongols
Romanians
Origin
1224-1225
1521
Language Family
Mongolic family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Mongolian
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian
Proto-Romanian
Standard Forms
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian
Romanian
Language Position
2636
1
120
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Signed Forms
Mongolian Sign Language
Romanian Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
mn
ro
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mon
ron
ISO 639 2/B
mon
rum
ISO 639 3
mon
ron
ISO 639 6
mon
ron
Glottocode
mong1331
roma1327
Linguasphere
part of 44-BAA-b
51-AAD-c
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
Synthetic