Countries
China, Mongolia
  
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey
  
National Language
China, Mongolia
  
Azerbaijan, Gambia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)
  
Azerbaijan 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.
  
- Even though Official language of Azerbaijan is Azerbaijani, the Business language is Azerbaijani, English and Russian.
- Azerbaijan is known as “Land of Fire”, is country with unique culture and spellbinding history.
  
Similar To
Turkish Language
  
Turkish
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Osmanly language
  
Alphabets in
Mongolian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Azerbaijani-alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Hello
Сайн уу (Sain uu)
  
Salam
  
Thank You
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)
  
Təşəkkür edirəm
  
How Are You?
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)
  
necəsən
  
Good Night
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)
  
yaxşı gecə
  
Good Evening
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)
  
Axşamınız xeyir
  
Good Afternoon
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)
  
Günortanız Xeyir
  
Good Morning
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)
  
Sabahınız xeyir
  
Please
Хэрэв (Kherev)
  
lütfən
  
Sorry
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)
  
üzr
  
Bye
Баяртай (Bayartai)
  
xudafiz
  
I Love You
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)
  
Mən səni sevirəm
  
Excuse Me
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)
  
Bağışlayın
  
Dialect 1
Khalkha Mongolian
  
Derbent
  
Where They Speak
Mongolia
  
Russia
  
Dialect 2
Ordos Mongolian
  
Gazakh
  
Where They Speak
Mongolia
  
Azerbaijan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Khorchin Mongolian
  
Baku
  
Where They Speak
Mongolia
  
Azerbaijan
  
How Many People Speak?
5.70 million
  
99+
26.00 million
  
39
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
5.70 million
  
99+
23.00 million
  
34
Native Name
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)
  
Azərbaycan dili / Азәрбајҹан дили / آذربايجانجا ديلي
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Azeri, Azari, Azeri Turkish, Azerbaijani Turkish
  
French Name
mongol
  
azéri
  
German Name
Mongolisch
  
Aserbeidschanisch
  
Pronunciation
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/
  
[ɑzærbɑjdʒɑn dili]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Azerbaijani
  
Origin
1224-1225
  
16th Century
  
Language Family
Mongolic family
  
Turkic Family
  
Subgroup
Mongolian
  
Turkic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Southwestern(Oghuz)
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian
  
Azerbaijani
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Mongolian Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
mn
  
az
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mon
  
aze
  
ISO 639 2/B
mon
  
aze
  
ISO 639 3
mon
  
aze
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mong1331
  
azer1255
  
Linguasphere
part of 44-BAA-b
  
44-AAB-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Agglutinative