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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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