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Catalan vs Mongolian


Mongolian vs Catalan


Countries

Countries
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community  
China, Mongolia  

Total No. Of Countries
6  
9
2  
13

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

Alphabets in
Catalan-Alpahabets.jpg#200  
Mongolian-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
27  
9
35  
17

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
13  
10

How Many Consonants
23  
13
20  
10

Scripts
Latin  
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

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)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Caló  
Khalkha Mongolian  

Where They Speak
France, Portugal, Spain  
Mongolia  

How Many People Speak
440,000.00  
35
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Valencian  
Ordos Mongolian  

Where They Speak
Spain  
Mongolia  

How Many People Speak
2,400,000.00  
19
123,000.00  
34

Dialect 3
Ribagorçan  
Khorchin Mongolian  

Where They Speak
Spain  
Mongolia  

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
8  
8

How Many People Speak

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  

History

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  

Code

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  

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Catalan and Mongolian Language History

Comparison of Catalan vs Mongolian language history gives us differences between origin of Catalan and Mongolian language. History of Catalan language states that this language originated in c. 1028 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 Catalan and Mongolian Language History.

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

Catalan vs Mongolian Difficulty

The Catalan vs Mongolian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Catalan 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 Catalan and Mongolian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Catalan and Mongolian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Catalan is 24 weeks while to learn Mongolian time required is 44 weeks.

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