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Portuguese vs Mongolian


Mongolian vs Portuguese


Countries

Countries
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe   
China, Mongolia   

Total No. Of Countries
10   
6
2   
13

National Language
Portugal   
China, Mongolia   

Second Language
United States of America   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America   
Asia   

Minority Language
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras   
Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)   

Interesting Facts
  • Portuguese language has absorbed many words from French, Italian, Arabic and also from indigenous South American and African languages.
  • The first written document in Portuguese language was found in the 12th century.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Spanish and Galician Languages   
Turkish Language   

Derived From
Latin   
Not Available   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Portuguese-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Mongolian-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
23   
5
35   
17

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
13   
10

How Many Consonants
19   
9
20   
10

Scripts
Latin   
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Olá   
Сайн уу (Sain uu)   

Thank You
obrigado   
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)   

How Are You?
Como você está?   
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)   

Good Night
boa noite   
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)   

Good Evening
boa Noite   
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)   

Good Afternoon
boa Tarde   
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)   

Good Morning
bom Dia   
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)   

Please
Por Favor   
Хэрэв (Kherev)   

Sorry
pesaroso   
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)   

Bye
tchau   
Баяртай (Bayartai)   

I Love You
Eu te amo   
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)   

Excuse Me
desculpe me   
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese   
Khalkha Mongolian   

Where They Speak
Brazil   
Mongolia   

How Many People Speak
204,000,000.00   
4
Not Available   

Dialect 2
European Portuguese   
Ordos Mongolian   

Where They Speak
Portugal   
Mongolia   

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00   
9
123,000.00   
34

Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole   
Khorchin Mongolian   

Where They Speak
Daman and Diu   
Mongolia   

How Many People Speak
4,000.00   
36
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
26   
22
8   
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
231.00 million   
7
5.70 million   
99+

Speaking Population
3.27 %   
7
Not Available   

Native Speakers
216.00 million   
5
5.70 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million   
18
Not Available   

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

Alternative Names
Português   
Not Available   

French Name
portugais   
mongol   

German Name
Portugiesisch   
Mongolisch   

Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]   
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/   

Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses   
Not Available   

History

Origin
3rd Century   
1224-1225   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Mongolic family   

Subgroup
Romance   
Mongolian   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Medieval Galician   
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian   

Standard Forms
Portuguese   
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian   

Language Position
6   
6
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese   
Mongolian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
pt   
mn   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
por   
mon   

ISO 639 2/B
por   
mon   

ISO 639 3
por   
mon   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
port1283   
mong1331   

Linguasphere
51-AAA-a   
part of 44-BAA-b   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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Portuguese and Mongolian Language History

Comparison of Portuguese vs Mongolian language history gives us differences between origin of Portuguese and Mongolian language. History of Portuguese language states that this language originated in 3rd Century whereas history of Mongolian language states that this language originated in 1224-1225. 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 Portuguese and Mongolian Language History.

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Portuguese and Mongolian 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 Portuguese and Mongolian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Portuguese and Mongolian language. Portuguese word for "Hello" is Olá or Mongolian word for "Thank You" is та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa). Find more of such common Portuguese Greetings and Mongolian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Portuguese vs Mongolian Difficulty

The Portuguese vs Mongolian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Portuguese Alphabets and Mongolian 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 Portuguese and Mongolian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Portuguese and Mongolian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Portuguese is 24 weeks while to learn Mongolian time required is 44 weeks.

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