Countries
China, Mongolia
  
Armenian Highland
  
National Language
China, Mongolia
  
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)
  
Armenian National Academy of Sciences
  
Interesting Facts
- 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.
  
- The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
- Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
  
Similar To
Turkish Language
  
Greek
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Mongolian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Armenian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script
  
Armenian manuscript
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Сайн уу (Sain uu)
  
Բարեւ (Barev)
  
Thank You
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)
  
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)
  
How Are You?
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)
  
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)
  
Good Night
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)
  
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)
  
Good Evening
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)
  
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)
  
Good Afternoon
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)
  
Բարի օր (Bari or)
  
Good Morning
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)
  
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)
  
Please
Хэрэв (Kherev)
  
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)
  
Sorry
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)
  
կներեք (knerek’)
  
Bye
Баяртай (Bayartai)
  
Ց'տեսություն
  
I Love You
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)
  
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)
  
Excuse Me
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)
  
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)
  
Dialect 1
Khalkha Mongolian
  
Eastern Armenian
  
Where They Speak
Mongolia
  
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey
  
Dialect 2
Ordos Mongolian
  
Western Armenian
  
Where They Speak
Mongolia
  
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Khorchin Mongolian
  
Not Applicable
  
Where They Speak
Mongolia
  
Not Applicable
  
How Many People Speak?
5.70 million
  
99+
6.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
5.70 million
  
99+
6.00 million
  
99+
Native Name
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)
  
Հայերէն (Hayeren)
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri
  
French Name
mongol
  
arménien
  
German Name
Mongolisch
  
Armenisch
  
Pronunciation
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/
  
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Armenians
  
Origin
1224-1225
  
late 5th century
  
Language Family
Mongolic family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Mongolian
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian
  
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian
  
Standard Forms
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian
  
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian
  
Signed Forms
Mongolian Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
mn
  
hy
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mon
  
hye
  
ISO 639 2/B
mon
  
arm
  
ISO 639 3
mon
  
hye
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mong1331
  
arme1241
  
Linguasphere
part of 44-BAA-b
  
57-AAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Agglutinative, Synthetic