Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
China, Mongolia
National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
China, Mongolia
Second Language
Roman Empire
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)
Interesting Facts
- Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
- The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
- 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
Armenian
Turkish Language
Derived From
Latin
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Arabic, Latin
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
Hello
γεια σας (geia sas)
Сайн уу (Sain uu)
Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)
How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)
Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)
Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)
Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)
Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)
Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
Хэрэв (Kherev)
Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)
Bye
αντίο (antío)
Баяртай (Bayartai)
I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)
Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)
Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek
Khalkha Mongolian
Where They Speak
Greece
Mongolia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Griko
Ordos Mongolian
Where They Speak
Italy
Mongolia
Dialect 3
Mariupol
Khorchin Mongolian
Where They Speak
Ukraine
Mongolia
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
ελληνικά
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)
Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
Not Available
French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)
mongol
German Name
Neugriechisch
Mongolisch
Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/
Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes
Not Available
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Mongolic family
Subgroup
Hellenic
Mongolian
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian
Standard Forms
Modern Greek
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language
Mongolian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
ells
Not Available
Glottocode
gree1276
mong1331
Linguasphere
56-AAA-a
part of 44-BAA-b
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Not Available
Greek 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 Greek and Mongolian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Greek and Mongolian language. Greek word for "Hello" is γεια σας (geia sas) or Mongolian word for "Thank You" is та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa). Find more of such common Greek Greetings and Mongolian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Greek vs Mongolian Difficulty
The Greek vs Mongolian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Greek 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 Greek and Mongolian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Greek and Mongolian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Greek is 44 weeks while to learn Mongolian time required is 44 weeks.
