Countries
China, Kazakhstan, Russia
China, Mongolia
National Language
Gambia, Kazakhstan
China, Mongolia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Afganistan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, People's Republic of China, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Kazakh language agency
Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)
Interesting Facts
- The Kazakh language can be written using a variety of scripts.
- Kazakh Language contains many words from Russian, Arabic, Mongol, Persian and other Turkic languages.
- 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
Turkish and Uzbek Languages
Turkish Language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
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Mongolian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
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Hello
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)
Сайн уу (Sain uu)
Thank You
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)
How Are You?
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)
Good Night
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)
Good Evening
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)
Good Afternoon
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)
Good Morning
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)
Please
өтінемін (ötinemin)
Хэрэв (Kherev)
Sorry
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)
Bye
bye
Баяртай (Bayartai)
I Love You
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)
Excuse Me
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)
Dialect 1
Northeastern Kazakh
Khalkha Mongolian
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan
Mongolia
Dialect 2
Southern Kazakh
Ordos Mongolian
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan
Mongolia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Western Kazakh
Khorchin Mongolian
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan
Mongolia
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)
Alternative Names
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq
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French Name
kazakh
mongol
German Name
Kasachisch
Mongolisch
Pronunciation
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/
Ethnicity
Kazahks
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Origin
17th Century
1224-1225
Language Family
Turkic Family
Mongolic family
Subgroup
Turkic
Mongolian
Branch
Northwestern (Kipchak)
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Early Forms
No early forms
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian
Standard Forms
Kazakh
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Mongolian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
kaza1248
mong1331
Linguasphere
No data available
part of 44-BAA-b
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
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Kazakh 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 Kazakh and Mongolian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Kazakh and Mongolian language. Kazakh word for "Hello" is Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be) or Mongolian word for "Thank You" is та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa). Find more of such common Kazakh Greetings and Mongolian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Kazakh vs Mongolian Difficulty
The Kazakh vs Mongolian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Kazakh 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 Kazakh and Mongolian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Kazakh and Mongolian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Kazakh is 44 weeks while to learn Mongolian time required is 44 weeks.
