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Russian and Mongolian


Mongolian and Russian


Countries

Countries
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan  
China, Mongolia  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
2  
13

National Language
Russia  
China, Mongolia  

Second Language
Afganistan  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences  
Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)  

Interesting Facts
  • In Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
  • In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
  
  • 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
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages  
Turkish Language  

Derived From
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
35  
17

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
13  
10

How Many Consonants
21  
11
20  
10

Scripts
Cyrillic  
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)  
Сайн уу (Sain uu)  

Thank You
спасибо(spasibo)  
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)  

How Are You?
Как дела? (Kak dela?)  
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)  

Good Night
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)  
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)  

Good Evening
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)  
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)  

Good Afternoon
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')  
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)  

Good Morning
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)  
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)  

Please
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)  
Хэрэв (Kherev)  

Sorry
Извините(Izvinite)  
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)  

Bye
до свидания(do svidaniya)  
Баяртай (Bayartai)  

I Love You
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)  
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)  

Excuse Me
извините(izvinite)  
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doukhobor Russian  
Khalkha Mongolian  

Where They Speak
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan  
Mongolia  

How Many People Speak
30,000.00  
99+
6,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Olonets  
Ordos Mongolian  

Where They Speak
Olonets  
Mongolia  

How Many People Speak
154,000,000.00  
2
123,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Novgorod  
Khorchin Mongolian  

Where They Speak
Novgorod  
Mongolia  

How Many People Speak
154,000,000.00  
2
5,700,000.00  
35

Total No. Of Dialects
13  
13
8  
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
276.00 million  
6
5.70 million  
99+

Speaking Population
2.33 %  
9
0.14 %  
99+

Native Speakers
166.00 million  
8
5.70 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
110.00 million  
7
5.00 million  
99+

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

Alternative Names
Russki  
Khalkha, Buryat, Oirat  

French Name
russe  
mongol  

German Name
Russisch  
Mongolisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]  
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/  

Ethnicity
Russians  
Mongols  

History

Origin
1000 AD  
1224-1225  

Language Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family  
Mongolic family  

Subgroup
Slavic  
Mongolian  

Branch
Eastern  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old East Slavic  
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian  

Standard Forms
Standard Russian  
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian  

Language Position
7  
7
26  
24

Signed Forms
Signed Russian  
Mongolian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
ru  
mn  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
rus  
mon  

ISO 639 2/B
rus  
mon  

ISO 639 3
rus  
mon  

ISO 639 6
rus  
mon  

Glottocode
russ1263  
mong1331  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-ea  
part of 44-BAA-b  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
-  

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All Russian and Mongolian Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Russian and Mongolian dialects. Various dialects of Russian and Mongolian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Russian are spoken in different Russian Speaking Countries whereas Mongolian Dialects are spoken in different Mongolian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Russian vs Mongolian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Russian dialects include: Doukhobor Russian, Olonets. Mongolian dialects include: Khalkha Mongolian , Ordos Mongolian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Russian and Mongolian Speaking population

Russian and Mongolian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Russian and Mongolian languages can be compared. The total count of Russian and Mongolian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Russian language is 2.33 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Mongolian language is 0.14 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Russian and Mongolian on Russian vs Mongolian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Russian and Mongolian Language Codes

Russian and Mongolian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Russian and Mongolian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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