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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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