Countries
Japan
  
China, Mongolia
  
National Language
Japan
  
China, Mongolia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Pacific
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Palau
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
  
Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)
  
Interesting Facts
- In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
- There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  
- 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
Korean Language
  
Turkish Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Japanese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Mongolian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Kana
  
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
  
Сайн уу (Sain uu)
  
Thank You
ありがとう (Arigatō)
  
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)
  
How Are You?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
  
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)
  
Good Night
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
  
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)
  
Good Evening
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
  
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)
  
Good Afternoon
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
  
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)
  
Good Morning
おはよう (Ohayō)
  
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)
  
Please
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
  
Хэрэв (Kherev)
  
Sorry
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
  
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)
  
Bye
さようなら (Sayōnara)
  
Баяртай (Bayartai)
  
I Love You
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
  
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)
  
Excuse Me
すみません (Sumimasen)
  
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)
  
Dialect 1
Sanuki
  
Khalkha Mongolian
  
Where They Speak
Kagawa
  
Mongolia
  
How Many People Speak
1,000,000.00
  
28
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Hakata
  
Ordos Mongolian
  
Where They Speak
Fukuoka
  
Mongolia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Kansai
  
Khorchin Mongolian
  
Where They Speak
kansai
  
Mongolia
  
How Many People Speak?
128.00 million
  
14
5.70 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
128.00 million
  
9
5.70 million
  
99+
Native Name
日本語
  
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
French Name
japonais
  
mongol
  
German Name
Japanisch
  
Mongolisch
  
Pronunciation
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
  
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/
  
Ethnicity
Japanese (Yamato)
  
Not Available
  
Origin
1185
  
1224-1225
  
Language Family
Japonic Family
  
Mongolic family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Mongolian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
  
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian
  
Standard Forms
Japanese
  
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Japanese
  
Mongolian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
ja
  
mn
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
jpn
  
mon
  
ISO 639 2/B
jpn
  
mon
  
ISO 639 3
jpn
  
mon
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nucl1643
  
mong1331
  
Linguasphere
45-CAA-a
  
part of 44-BAA-b
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
  
Not Available