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Countries

Countries
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe  
China, Mongolia  

Total No. Of Countries
33  
2
2  
13

National Language
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America  
China, Mongolia  

Second Language
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America  
Asia  

Minority Language
South Africa  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)  

Interesting Facts
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  
  • 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
Latin  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
35  
17

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
13  
10

How Many Consonants
21  
11
20  
10

Scripts
Latin  
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
7  
6
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
6 weeks  
3
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Hello  
Сайн уу (Sain uu)  

Thank You
Thank you  
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)  

How Are You?
How are you?  
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)  

Good Night
Good Night  
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)  

Good Evening
Good Evening  
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)  

Good Afternoon
Good Afternoon  
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)  

Good Morning
Good Morning  
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)  

Please
Please  
Хэрэв (Kherev)  

Sorry
Sorry  
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)  

Bye
Bye  
Баяртай (Bayartai)  

I Love You
I love you  
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)  

Excuse Me
Excuse Me  
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
American English  
Khalkha Mongolian  

Where They Speak
United States of America  
Mongolia  

How Many People Speak
225,000,000.00  
3
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Hiberno-English  
Ordos Mongolian  

Where They Speak
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom  
Mongolia  

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00  
15
123,000.00  
34

Dialect 3
Welsh English  
Khorchin Mongolian  

Where They Speak
United Kingdom  
Mongolia  

How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00  
14
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
188  
34
8  
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1,200.00 million  
1
5.70 million  
99+

Speaking Population
5.43 %  
4
Not Available  

Native Speakers
400.00 million  
3
5.70 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
400.00 million  
1
Not Available  

Native Name
English  
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)  

Alternative Names
Not Available  
Not Available  

French Name
anglais  
mongol  

German Name
Englisch  
Mongolisch  

Pronunciation
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/  
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Not Available  

History

Origin
5th Century AD  
1224-1225  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Mongolic family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Mongolian  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English  
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian  

Standard Forms
Standard English  
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian  

Language Position
3  
3
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Signed English  
Mongolian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
en  
mn  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
eng  
mon  

ISO 639 2/B
eng  
mon  

ISO 639 3
eng  
mon  

ISO 639 6
engs  
Not Available  

Glottocode
stan1293  
mong1331  

Linguasphere
52-ABA  
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, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic  
Not Available  

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English and Mongolian Language History

Comparison of English vs Mongolian language history gives us differences between origin of English and Mongolian language. History of English language states that this language originated in 5th Century AD 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 English and Mongolian Language History.

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

English vs Mongolian Difficulty

The English vs Mongolian difficulty level basically depends on the number of English 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 English and Mongolian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in English and Mongolian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn English is 6 weeks while to learn Mongolian time required is 44 weeks.

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