Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
  
China, Mongolia
  
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
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Turkish Language
  
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Chinese.jpg#200
  
Mongolian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
  
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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)
  
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
Dialect 3
Yue
  
Khorchin Mongolian
  
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
  
Mongolia
  
How Many People Speak
60,000,000.00
  
2
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million
  
2
5.70 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
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
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French Name
chinois
  
mongol
  
German Name
Chinesisch
  
Mongolisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/
  
Ethnicity
Han
  
Not Available
  
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
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
  
Mongolian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
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
  
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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
  
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