Countries
Myanmar
  
China, Mongolia
  
National Language
Myanmar
  
China, Mongolia
  
Second Language
Bangladesh, Burma
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Mon
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Myanmar Language Commission
  
Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)
  
Interesting Facts
- The naming of people in Burmese is strange. There is no last name, often name is rhymed such as Ming Ming, Mo Mo or Jo Jo.
- It appears as odd language to many people because it has peculiar pitch register, tonal form as language.
  
- 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
Thai Language
  
Turkish Language
  
Derived From
Pali Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Mongolian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Tangut
  
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
  
Сайн уу (Sain uu)
  
Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
  
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)
  
How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
  
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)
  
Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
  
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)
  
Good Evening
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
  
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)
  
Good Afternoon
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
  
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)
  
Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
  
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)
  
Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
  
Хэрэв (Kherev)
  
Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
  
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)
  
Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
  
Баяртай (Bayartai)
  
I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
  
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)
  
Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
  
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)
  
Dialect 1
Arakanese
  
Khalkha Mongolian
  
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
  
Mongolia
  
How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00
  
24
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Tavoyan
  
Ordos Mongolian
  
Where They Speak
Myanmar
  
Mongolia
  
Dialect 3
Intha
  
Khorchin Mongolian
  
Where They Speak
Burma
  
Mongolia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
43.00 million
  
30
5.70 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
33.00 million
  
28
5.70 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
10.00 million
  
23
Not Available
  
Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
  
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)
  
Alternative Names
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
  
Not Available
  
French Name
birman
  
mongol
  
German Name
Birmanisch
  
Mongolisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/
  
Ethnicity
Bamar people
  
Not Available
  
Origin
1113 AD
  
1224-1225
  
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Mongolic family
  
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
  
Mongolian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
  
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian
  
Standard Forms
Modern Burmese
  
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Burmese sign language
  
Mongolian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
my
  
mn
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mya
  
mon
  
ISO 639 2/B
bur
  
mon
  
ISO 639 3
mya
  
mon
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
sout3159
  
mong1331
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
part of 44-BAA-b
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
  
Not Available