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
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Alphabets in
Japanese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Mongolian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Kana
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
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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
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
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
日本語
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)
Alternative Names
Not Available
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French Name
japonais
mongol
German Name
Japanisch
Mongolisch
Pronunciation
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/
Ethnicity
Japanese (Yamato)
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Language Family
Japonic Family
Mongolic family
Subgroup
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Mongolian
Branch
Not Available
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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 6
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Glottocode
nucl1643
mong1331
Linguasphere
45-CAA-a
part of 44-BAA-b
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
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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.