Countries
Hong Kong, Macau
China, Mongolia
National Language
China, Guangdong
China, Mongolia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Hawaii
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)
Interesting Facts
- Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
- Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
- 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
Chinese Language
Turkish Language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
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Mongolian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
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Hello
您好
Сайн уу (Sain uu)
Thank You
谢谢
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)
How Are You?
你好吗？
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)
Good Night
晚安
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)
Good Evening
晚上好
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)
Good Afternoon
下午好
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)
Good Morning
早上好
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)
Sorry
遗憾
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)
Bye
再见
Баяртай (Bayartai)
I Love You
我爱你
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)
Excuse Me
原谅我
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)
Dialect 1
Guangzhou
Khalkha Mongolian
Where They Speak
outside mainland China
Mongolia
Dialect 2
Xiguan
Ordos Mongolian
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
Mongolia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Hong Kong
Khorchin Mongolian
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
Mongolia
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
Kwang Tung Wa
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)
Alternative Names
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
Not Available
French Name
Not Available
mongol
German Name
Not Available
Mongolisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/
Ethnicity
Not Available
Not Available
Origin
17th century
1224-1225
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Mongolic family
Subgroup
Not Available
Mongolian
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian
Standard Forms
Standard Cantonese
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian
Signed Forms
Not Available
Mongolian Sign Language
Scope
Not Available
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
No data available
mn
ISO 639 2/T
Not Available
mon
ISO 639 2/B
Not Available
mon
ISO 639 3
No data available
mon
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
cant1236
mong1331
Linguasphere
No data available
part of 44-BAA-b
Language Type
Not Available
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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All Cantonese 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 Cantonese and Mongolian dialects. Various dialects of Cantonese and Mongolian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Cantonese are spoken in different Cantonese Speaking Countries whereas Mongolian Dialects are spoken in different Mongolian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Cantonese vs Mongolian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Cantonese dialects include: Guangzhou, Xiguan. Mongolian dialects include: Khalkha Mongolian , Ordos Mongolian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Cantonese and Mongolian Speaking population
Cantonese and Mongolian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Cantonese and Mongolian languages can be compared. The total count of Cantonese and Mongolian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Cantonese language is 16.00 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Mongolian language is Not Available. 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 Cantonese and Mongolian on Cantonese vs Mongolian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Cantonese and Mongolian Language Codes
Cantonese and Mongolian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Cantonese and Mongolian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.
