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Japanese vs Mongolian


Mongolian vs Japanese


Countries

Countries
Japan   
China, Mongolia   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

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

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

Alphabets
99   
40
35   
17

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
13   
10

How Many Consonants
14   
4
20   
10

Scripts
Kana   
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

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)   

Dialects

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   
123,000.00   
34

Dialect 3
Kansai   
Khorchin Mongolian   

Where They Speak
kansai   
Mongolia   

Total No. Of Dialects
31   
25
8   
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
128.00 million   
14
5.70 million   
99+

Speaking Population
1.90 %   
10
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   

History

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
8   
8
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Signed Japanese   
Mongolian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

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   

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Japanese and Mongolian Language History

Comparison of Japanese vs Mongolian language history gives us differences between origin of Japanese and Mongolian language. History of Japanese language states that this language originated in 1185 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 Japanese and Mongolian Language History.

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

Japanese vs Mongolian Difficulty

The Japanese vs Mongolian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Japanese 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 Japanese and Mongolian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Japanese and Mongolian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Japanese is 88 weeks while to learn Mongolian time required is 44 weeks.

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