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Mongolian vs Swedish


Swedish vs Mongolian


Countries

Countries
China, Mongolia  
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
4  
11

National Language
China, Mongolia  
Sweden  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Finland  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Antartica, Europe  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America  

Regulated By
Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)  
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council  

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.
  
  • In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
  • Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  

Similar To
Turkish Language  
Norwegian and Danish Language  

Derived From
-  
Old Norse Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Mongolian-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
35  
17
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
13  
10
9  
6

How Many Consonants
20  
10
18  
8

Scripts
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
Сайн уу (Sain uu)  
hej  

Thank You
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)  
tacka dig  

How Are You?
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)  
hur mår du  

Good Night
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)  
godnatt  

Good Evening
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)  
god kväll  

Good Afternoon
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)  
god eftermiddag  

Good Morning
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)  
god morgon  

Please
Хэрэв (Kherev)  
vänligen  

Sorry
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)  
ledsen  

Bye
Баяртай (Bayartai)  
hej då  

I Love You
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)  
jag älskar dig  

Excuse Me
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)  
ursäkta mig  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Khalkha Mongolian  
Dialects  

Where They Speak
Mongolia  
Gabon  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
99+
78,000,000.00  
9

Dialect 2
Ordos Mongolian  
Dialects  

Where They Speak
Mongolia  
Georgia  

How Many People Speak
123,000.00  
99+
78,000,000.00  
7

Dialect 3
Khorchin Mongolian  
Dialects  

Where They Speak
Mongolia  
France  

How Many People Speak
5,700,000.00  
35
96,000,000.00  
5

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
79  
33

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
5.70 million  
99+
15.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.14 %  
99+
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
5.70 million  
99+
8.70 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million  
99+
5.00 million  
99+

Native Name
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)  
Svenska  

Alternative Names
Khalkha, Buryat, Oirat  
Ruotsi, Svenska  

French Name
mongol  
suédois  

German Name
Mongolisch  
Schwedisch  

Pronunciation
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/  
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]  

Ethnicity
Mongols  
Swedes, Finland Swedes  

History

Origin
1224-1225  
13th Century  

Language Family
Mongolic family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Mongolian  
Germanic  

Branch
-  
Northern (Scandinavian)  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian  
Old Swedish  

Standard Forms
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian  
Standard Swedish  

Language Position
26  
24
89  
99+

Signed Forms
Mongolian Sign Language  
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
mn  
sv  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mon  
swe  

ISO 639 2/B
mon  
swe  

ISO 639 3
mon  
swe  

ISO 639 6
mon  
swe  

Glottocode
mong1331  
swed1254  

Linguasphere
part of 44-BAA-b  
52-AAA-ck to -cw  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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Mongolian and Swedish Language History

Comparison of Mongolian vs Swedish language history gives us differences between origin of Mongolian and Swedish language. History of Mongolian language states that this language originated in 1224-1225 whereas history of Swedish language states that this language originated in 13th Century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Mongolian and Swedish Language History.

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Mongolian and Swedish Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Mongolian and Swedish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Mongolian and Swedish language. Mongolian word for "Hello" is Сайн уу (Sain uu) or Swedish word for "Thank You" is tacka dig. Find more of such common Mongolian Greetings and Swedish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Mongolian vs Swedish Difficulty

The Mongolian vs Swedish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Mongolian Alphabets and Swedish Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Mongolian and Swedish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Mongolian and Swedish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Mongolian is 44 weeks while to learn Swedish time required is 24 weeks.

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