Countries
China, Mongolia
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
Total No. Of Countries
23
0
46
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National Language
China, Mongolia
Somalia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa, Middle East
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Yemen
Regulated By
Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
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.
- Somali language is one of the best documented Afro-Asiatic languages.
- One of the most widely spoken of the Cushitic languages is the Somali Language.
Similar To
Turkish Language
Afar and Oromo Language
Derived From
-
Arabic Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3526
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
135
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2021
9
60
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Scripts
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
35
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks52 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Сайн уу (Sain uu)
Hello
Thank You
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
How Are You?
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)
Sidee tahay ?
Good Night
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)
Habeenka Good
Good Evening
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)
Evening Good
Good Afternoon
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)
galab wanaagsan
Good Morning
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)
Subax wanaagsan
Please
Хэрэв (Kherev)
Fadlan
Sorry
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)
sorry
Bye
Баяртай (Bayartai)
caraysiiyo
I Love You
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)
Waan ku jeclahay
Excuse Me
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)
iga raali ahow
Dialect 1
Khalkha Mongolian
Northern Somali
Where They Speak
Mongolia
Gabon, Standard Somali
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.0016,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Ordos Mongolian
Benaadir
Where They Speak
Mongolia
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
How Many People Speak
123,000.0016,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Khorchin Mongolian
Af-Ashraaf
Where They Speak
Mongolia
Standard Somali
How Many People Speak
5,700,000.0021.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
83
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
5.70 million13.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.14 %0.07 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
5.70 million8.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
5.00 million21.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)
af Soomaali
Alternative Names
Khalkha, Buryat, Oirat
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
French Name
mongol
somali
German Name
Mongolisch
Somali
Pronunciation
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/
[afsoomaali]
Ethnicity
Mongols
Somalis
Origin
1224-1225
19th century
Language Family
Mongolic family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Mongolian
Cushitic
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian
No early forms
Standard Forms
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian
Somali
Language Position
2683
1
120
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Signed Forms
Mongolian Sign Language
Somali Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
mn
so
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mon
som
ISO 639 2/B
mon
som
ISO 639 3
mon
som
ISO 639 6
mon
som
Glottocode
mong1331
soma1255
Linguasphere
part of 44-BAA-b
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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