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
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Alphabets
Alphabets in
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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
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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
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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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