Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
China, Mongolia
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
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Alphabets in
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Scripts
Hangul
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
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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)
Dialect 1
Jeju
Khalkha Mongolian
Where They Speak
South Korea
Mongolia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Gyeongsang
Ordos Mongolian
Where They Speak
South Korea
Mongolia
Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng
Khorchin Mongolian
Where They Speak
China, North Korea
Mongolia
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
한국어 (조선말)
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)
Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
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French Name
coréen
mongol
German Name
Koreanisch
Mongolisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/
Ethnicity
Koreans
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Origin
Before 1st century
1224-1225
Language Family
Koreanic Family
Mongolic family
Subgroup
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Mongolian
Branch
Not Available
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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
Not Available
Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language
Mongolian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
kore1280
mong1331
Linguasphere
45-AAA
part of 44-BAA-b
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
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Korean 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 Korean and Mongolian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Korean and Mongolian language. Korean word for "Hello" is 안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.) or Mongolian word for "Thank You" is та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa). Find more of such common Korean Greetings and Mongolian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Korean vs Mongolian Difficulty
The Korean vs Mongolian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Korean 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 Korean and Mongolian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Korean and Mongolian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Korean is 88 weeks while to learn Mongolian time required is 44 weeks.
