Countries
Indonesia
  
China, Mongolia
  
National Language
Indonesia
  
China, Mongolia
  
Second Language
East Timor, Indonesia
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa
  
Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)
  
Interesting Facts
- The modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
- In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
  
- 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
Malay language
  
Turkish Language
  
Derived From
Malay and Dutch Languages
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Indonesian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Mongolian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Halo
  
Сайн уу (Sain uu)
  
Thank You
Terima kasih
  
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)
  
How Are You?
Apa kabar?
  
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)
  
Good Night
Selamat Malam
  
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)
  
Good Evening
Malam yang baik
  
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)
  
Good Afternoon
Selamat Sore
  
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)
  
Good Morning
Selamat Pagi
  
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)
  
Please
mohon Untuk
  
Хэрэв (Kherev)
  
Sorry
maaf
  
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)
  
Bye
Selamat tinggal
  
Баяртай (Bayartai)
  
I Love You
Aku cinta kamu
  
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)
  
Excuse Me
Permisi
  
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)
  
Dialect 1
Sundanese
  
Khalkha Mongolian
  
Where They Speak
Indonesia
  
Mongolia
  
How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00
  
8
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Balinese
  
Ordos Mongolian
  
Where They Speak
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida
  
Mongolia
  
How Many People Speak
3,300,000.00
  
17
Dialect 3
Minangkabau
  
Khorchin Mongolian
  
Where They Speak
Indonesia, Malaysia
  
Mongolia
  
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00
  
7
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
163.00 million
  
11
5.70 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
23.00 million
  
34
5.70 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
140.00 million
  
4
Not Available
  
Native Name
Bahasa Melayu
  
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)
  
Alternative Names
Bahasa Indonesia
  
Not Available
  
French Name
indonésien
  
mongol
  
German Name
Bahasa Indonesia
  
Mongolisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/
  
Ethnicity
Indonesians
  
Not Available
  
Origin
7th Century
  
1224-1225
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Mongolic family
  
Subgroup
Indonesian
  
Mongolian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Malay
  
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian
  
Standard Forms
Indonesian
  
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")
  
Mongolian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
id
  
mn
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ind
  
mon
  
ISO 639 2/B
ind
  
mon
  
ISO 639 3
ind
  
mon
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
indo1316
  
mong1331
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
part of 44-BAA-b
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Not Available
  
Indonesian 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 Indonesian and Mongolian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Indonesian and Mongolian language. Indonesian word for "Hello" is Halo or Mongolian word for "Thank You" is та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa). Find more of such common Indonesian Greetings and Mongolian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Indonesian vs Mongolian Difficulty
The Indonesian vs Mongolian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Indonesian 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 Indonesian and Mongolian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Indonesian and Mongolian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Indonesian is 36 weeks while to learn Mongolian time required is 44 weeks.