Countries
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community
  
China, Mongolia
  
National Language
Andorra, France, Italy, Spain
  
China, Mongolia
  
Second Language
Spain
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Aragon, France, Italy, Spain
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, National Languages Committee
  
Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)
  
Interesting Facts
- Catalan is 6th most largely spoken Romance language.
- Catalan went through a golden age in low middle ages, reaching a peak of maturity and cultural richness.
  
- 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
Spanish Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language
  
Turkish Language
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Catalan-Alpahabets.jpg#200
  
Mongolian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Hola
  
Сайн уу (Sain uu)
  
Thank You
Gràcies
  
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)
  
How Are You?
Com estàs?
  
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)
  
Good Night
Bona nit
  
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)
  
Good Evening
Bona nit
  
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)
  
Good Afternoon
Bona tarda
  
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)
  
Good Morning
Bon dia
  
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)
  
Please
Sisplau
  
Хэрэв (Kherev)
  
Sorry
Perdó!
  
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)
  
Bye
Adéu
  
Баяртай (Bayartai)
  
I Love You
T'estimo
  
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)
  
Excuse Me
Dispensi!
  
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)
  
Dialect 1
Caló
  
Khalkha Mongolian
  
Where They Speak
France, Portugal, Spain
  
Mongolia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Valencian
  
Ordos Mongolian
  
Where They Speak
Spain
  
Mongolia
  
How Many People Speak
2,400,000.00
  
19
Dialect 3
Ribagorçan
  
Khorchin Mongolian
  
Where They Speak
Spain
  
Mongolia
  
How Many People Speak?
9.20 million
  
99+
5.70 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
4.10 million
  
99+
5.70 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
5.10 million
  
28
Not Available
  
Native Name
català
  
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)
  
Alternative Names
Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian
  
Not Available
  
French Name
catalan; valencien
  
mongol
  
German Name
Katalanisch
  
Mongolisch
  
Pronunciation
[kətəˈɫa] (EC) ~ [kataˈɫa] (WC)
  
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/
  
Ethnicity
Catalan people
  
Not Available
  
Origin
c. 1028
  
1224-1225
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Mongolic family
  
Subgroup
Romance
  
Mongolian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Catalan
  
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian
  
Standard Forms
Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian
  
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian
  
Signed Forms
Signed Catalan
  
Mongolian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
ca
  
mn
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
cat
  
mon
  
ISO 639 2/B
cat
  
mon
  
ISO 639 3
cat
  
mon
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
stan1289
  
mong1331
  
Linguasphere
51-AAA-e
  
part of 44-BAA-b
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available