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Korean and Mongolian


Mongolian and Korean


Countries

Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian   
China, Mongolia   

Total No. Of Countries
5   
10
2   
13

National Language
North Korea, South Korea   
China, Mongolia   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
The National Institute of the Korean Language   
Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)   

Interesting Facts
  • Korean has borrowed words from English and Chinese.
  • Korean has two counting systems. First, is based on Chinese characters and numbers are similar to Chinese numbers, and second counting system is from words unique to Korea.
  
  • 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
Chinese and Japanese languages   
Turkish Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
40   
21
35   
17

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
21   
18
13   
10

How Many Consonants
19   
9
20   
10

Scripts
Hangul   
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)   
Сайн уу (Sain uu)   

Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)   
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)   

How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)   
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)   

Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)   
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)   

Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)   
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)   

Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)   
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)   

Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)   
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)   

Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)   
Хэрэв (Kherev)   

Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)   
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)   

Bye
안녕 (annyeong)   
Баяртай (Bayartai)   

I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)   
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)   

Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)   
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jeju   
Khalkha Mongolian   

Where They Speak
South Korea   
Mongolia   

How Many People Speak
10,000.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Gyeongsang   
Ordos Mongolian   

Where They Speak
South Korea   
Mongolia   

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00   
9
123,000.00   
34

Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng   
Khorchin Mongolian   

Where They Speak
China, North Korea   
Mongolia   

Total No. Of Dialects
12   
12
8   
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
77.00 million   
22
5.70 million   
99+

Speaking Population
1.14 %   
16
Not Available   

Native Speakers
77.00 million   
12
5.70 million   
99+

Native Name
한국어 (조선말)   
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)   

Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh   
Not Available   

French Name
coréen   
mongol   

German Name
Koreanisch   
Mongolisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/   

Ethnicity
Koreans   
Not Available   

History

Origin
Before 1st century   
1224-1225   

Language Family
Koreanic Family   
Mongolic family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Mongolian   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean   
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian   

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard   
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian   

Language Position
12   
11
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language   
Mongolian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
ko   
mn   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kor   
mon   

ISO 639 2/B
kor   
mon   

ISO 639 3
Kor   
mon   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
kore1280   
mong1331   

Linguasphere
45-AAA   
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   
Not Available   

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All Korean and Mongolian Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Korean and Mongolian dialects. Various dialects of Korean and Mongolian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Korean are spoken in different Korean Speaking Countries whereas Mongolian Dialects are spoken in different Mongolian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Korean vs Mongolian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Korean dialects include: Jeju, Gyeongsang. Mongolian dialects include: Khalkha Mongolian , Ordos Mongolian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Korean and Mongolian Speaking population

Korean and Mongolian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Korean and Mongolian languages can be compared. The total count of Korean and Mongolian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Korean language is 1.14 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Mongolian language is Not Available. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Korean and Mongolian on Korean vs Mongolian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Korean and Mongolian Language Codes

Korean and Mongolian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Korean and Mongolian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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