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Mongolian and Chinese


Countries

Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan   
China, Mongolia   

Total No. Of Countries
5   
10
2   
13

National Language
China, Taiwan   
China, Mongolia   

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

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council   
Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)   

Interesting Facts
  • Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
  • In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
  
  • 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
Not Available   
Turkish Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
35   
17

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
24   
19
13   
10

How Many Consonants
23   
13
20   
10

Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives   
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)   
Сайн уу (Sain uu)   

Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)   
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)   

How Are You?
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)   
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)   

Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)   
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)   

Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)   
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)   

Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)   
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)   

Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)   
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)   

Please
请 (Qǐng)   
Хэрэв (Kherev)   

Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)   
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)   

Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)   
Баяртай (Bayartai)   

I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)   
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)   

Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)   
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mandarin   
Khalkha Mongolian   

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan   
Mongolia   

How Many People Speak
960,000,000.00   
1
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Wu   
Ordos Mongolian   

Where They Speak
China, United States of America   
Mongolia   

How Many People Speak
80,000,000.00   
1
123,000.00   
34

Dialect 3
Yue   
Khorchin Mongolian   

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam   
Mongolia   

How Many People Speak
60,000,000.00   
2
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
10   
10
8   
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million   
2
5.70 million   
99+

Speaking Population
16.00 %   
2
Not Available   

Native Speakers
873.00 million   
1
5.70 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
178.00 million   
3
Not Available   

Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)   
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Not Available   

French Name
chinois   
mongol   

German Name
Chinesisch   
Mongolisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/   

Ethnicity
Han   
Not Available   

History

Origin
1250 BC   
1224-1225   

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family   
Mongolic family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Mongolian   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian   

Standard Forms
Standard Chinese   
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian   

Language Position
1   
1
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))   
Mongolian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
zh   
mn   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
zho   
mon   

ISO 639 2/B
chi   
mon   

ISO 639 3
zho   
mon   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
sini1245   
mong1331   

Linguasphere
79-AAA   
part of 44-BAA-b   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Not Available   

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All Chinese 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 Chinese and Mongolian dialects. Various dialects of Chinese and Mongolian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Chinese are spoken in different Chinese Speaking Countries whereas Mongolian Dialects are spoken in different Mongolian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Chinese vs Mongolian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Chinese dialects include: Mandarin, Wu. Mongolian dialects include: Khalkha Mongolian , Ordos Mongolian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Chinese and Mongolian Speaking population

Chinese and Mongolian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Chinese and Mongolian languages can be compared. The total count of Chinese and Mongolian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Chinese 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 Chinese and Mongolian on Chinese vs Mongolian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Chinese and Mongolian Language Codes

Chinese and Mongolian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Chinese and Mongolian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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