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Uyghur vs Mongolian


Mongolian vs Uyghur


Countries

Countries
China  
China, Mongolia  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
China  
China, Mongolia  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Working Committee of Ethnic Language and Writing of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region  
Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)  

Interesting Facts
  • Uyghur language has large quantity of loan words from Persian, Russian and Chinese.
  • Uyghur was originally written with the Orkhon Alphabets.
  
  • 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
Uzbek Language  
Turkish Language  

Derived From
Gokturk Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
36  
18
35  
17

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
13  
10

How Many Consonants
27  
17
20  
10

Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin  
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Vertical, Top-To-Bottom  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Ässalamu läykum.  
Сайн уу (Sain uu)  

Thank You
rakhmat  
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)  

How Are You?
Yakshimasiz? / Qandaq ahwalingiz?  
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)  

Good Night
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun  
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)  

Good Evening
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun!  
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)  

Good Afternoon
تۆنۈگۈن خەير  
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)  

Good Morning
Atiganlikingz khayrilik bolsun!  
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)  

Please
birdam  
Хэрэв (Kherev)  

Sorry
kachurung  
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)  

Bye
Khayr khosh  
Баяртай (Bayartai)  

I Love You
sizni yahshi kOrman  
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)  

Excuse Me
Kachurung  
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Turpan  
Khalkha Mongolian  

Where They Speak
China  
Mongolia  

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00  
37
6,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Hotan  
Ordos Mongolian  

Where They Speak
China  
Mongolia  

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00  
37
123,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Lop Nur  
Khorchin Mongolian  

Where They Speak
China  
Mongolia  

How Many People Speak
25,000,000.00  
21
5,700,000.00  
35

Total No. Of Dialects
7  
7
8  
8

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.12 %  
99+
0.14 %  
99+

Native Speakers
8.20 million  
99+
5.70 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
25.00 million  
27
5.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Уйғур /ئۇيغۇر (ujġgur / uyghur)  
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)  

Alternative Names
Uighuir, Uighur, Uiguir, Uigur, Uygur, Weiwu’er, Wiga  
Khalkha, Buryat, Oirat  

French Name
ouïgour  
mongol  

German Name
Uigurisch  
Mongolisch  

Pronunciation
[ʊjʁʊrˈtʃɛ], [ʊjˈʁʊr tili]  
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/  

Ethnicity
Uyghur  
Mongols  

History

Origin
11  
1224-1225  

Language Family
Turkic Family  
Mongolic family  

Subgroup
-  
Mongolian  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Karakhanid, Chagatai, Eastern Turki  
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian  

Standard Forms
Uyghur  
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian  

Language Position
98  
99+
26  
24

Signed Forms
Signed Uyghur  
Mongolian Sign Language  

Scope
-  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
ug  
mn  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
uig  
mon  

ISO 639 2/B
uig  
mon  

ISO 639 3
uig  
mon  

ISO 639 6
uig  
mon  

Glottocode
uigh1240  
mong1331  

Linguasphere
No data Available  
part of 44-BAA-b  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
-  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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Uyghur and Mongolian Language History

Comparison of Uyghur vs Mongolian language history gives us differences between origin of Uyghur and Mongolian language. History of Uyghur language states that this language originated in 11 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 Uyghur and Mongolian Language History.

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

Uyghur vs Mongolian Difficulty

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

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