Countries
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City
  
China, Mongolia
  
National Language
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City
  
China, Mongolia
  
Second Language
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)
  
Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)
  
Interesting Facts
- One of the most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
- Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
  
- 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
French and Portuguese Languages
  
Turkish Language
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Italian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Mongolian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ciao
  
Сайн уу (Sain uu)
  
Thank You
grazie
  
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)
  
How Are You?
Come stai?
  
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)
  
Good Night
buonanotte
  
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)
  
Good Evening
buonasera
  
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)
  
Good Afternoon
buon pomeriggio
  
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)
  
Good Morning
buongiorno
  
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)
  
Please
Per Favore
  
Хэрэв (Kherev)
  
Sorry
scusate
  
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)
  
Bye
arrivederci
  
Баяртай (Bayartai)
  
I Love You
Ti amo
  
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)
  
Excuse Me
Scusami
  
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)
  
Dialect 1
Romanesco
  
Khalkha Mongolian
  
Where They Speak
Lazio
  
Mongolia
  
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00
  
21
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Central Italian
  
Ordos Mongolian
  
Where They Speak
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria
  
Mongolia
  
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00
  
14
Dialect 3
Tuscan
  
Khorchin Mongolian
  
Where They Speak
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria
  
Mongolia
  
How Many People Speak?
78.00 million
  
21
5.70 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
64.00 million
  
18
5.70 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
14.00 million
  
20
Not Available
  
Native Name
Italiano
  
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)
  
Alternative Names
Italiano
  
Not Available
  
French Name
italien
  
mongol
  
German Name
Italienisch
  
Mongolisch
  
Pronunciation
[itaˈljaːno]
  
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/
  
Ethnicity
Italians
  
Not Available
  
Origin
960 BC
  
1224-1225
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Mongolic family
  
Subgroup
Romance
  
Mongolian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian
  
Standard Forms
Italian
  
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"
  
Mongolian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
it
  
mn
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ita
  
mon
  
ISO 639 2/B
ita
  
mon
  
ISO 639 3
ita
  
mon
  
ISO 639 6
itas
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
ital1282
  
mong1331
  
Linguasphere
51-AAA-q
  
part of 44-BAA-b
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Not Available