Countries
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden
China, Mongolia
Total No. Of Countries
42
0
46
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National Language
Sweden
China, Mongolia
Second Language
Finland
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Antartica, Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council
Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)
Interesting Facts
- In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
- Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
- 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
Norwegian and Danish Language
Turkish Language
Derived From
Old Norse Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
2935
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
913
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1820
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
hej
Сайн уу (Sain uu)
Thank You
tacka dig
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)
How Are You?
hur mår du
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)
Good Night
godnatt
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)
Good Evening
god kväll
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)
Good Afternoon
god eftermiddag
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)
Good Morning
god morgon
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)
Please
vänligen
Хэрэв (Kherev)
Sorry
ledsen
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)
Bye
hej då
Баяртай (Bayartai)
I Love You
jag älskar dig
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)
Excuse Me
ursäkta mig
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)
Dialect 1
Dialects
Khalkha Mongolian
Where They Speak
Gabon
Mongolia
How Many People Speak
78,000,000.006,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Dialects
Ordos Mongolian
Where They Speak
Georgia
Mongolia
How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00123,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Dialects
Khorchin Mongolian
Where They Speak
France
Mongolia
How Many People Speak
96,000,000.005,700,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
798
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
15.00 million5.70 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.13 %0.14 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
8.70 million5.70 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
5.00 million5.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Svenska
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)
Alternative Names
Ruotsi, Svenska
Khalkha, Buryat, Oirat
French Name
suédois
mongol
German Name
Schwedisch
Mongolisch
Pronunciation
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/
Ethnicity
Swedes, Finland Swedes
Mongols
Origin
13th Century
1224-1225
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Mongolic family
Subgroup
Germanic
Mongolian
Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)
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Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Swedish
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian
Standard Forms
Standard Swedish
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian
Language Position
8926
1
120
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Signed Forms
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")
Mongolian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
sv
mn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
swe
mon
ISO 639 2/B
swe
mon
ISO 639 3
swe
mon
ISO 639 6
swe
mon
Glottocode
swed1254
mong1331
Linguasphere
52-AAA-ck to -cw
part of 44-BAA-b
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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