Countries
China, Mongolia
  
India, No official status
  
National Language
China, Mongolia
  
India
  
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
  
Fiji, Guyana, Jamaica, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
  
Regulated By
Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)
  
Not Available
  
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.
  
- Bhojpuri was anciently written in Kaithi scripts.
- In Mughal Era, Kaithi script was used in administrative purposes for writing in Bhojpuri language.
  
Similar To
Turkish Language
  
Maithili and Magahi
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Mongolian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Bhojpuri-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Сайн уу (Sain uu)
  
प्रणाम (prannam)
  
Thank You
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)
  
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)
  
How Are You?
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)
  
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)
  
Good Night
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)
  
राम राम (raam raam)
  
Good Evening
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)
  
राम राम (raam raam)
  
Good Afternoon
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)
  
राम राम (raam raam)
  
Good Morning
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)
  
राम राम (raam raam)
  
Please
Хэрэв (Kherev)
  
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)
  
Sorry
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)
  
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
  
Bye
Баяртай (Bayartai)
  
प्रणाम (prannam)
  
I Love You
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)
  
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)
  
Excuse Me
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)
  
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
  
Dialect 1
Khalkha Mongolian
  
Caribbean Hindustani
  
Where They Speak
Mongolia
  
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Ordos Mongolian
  
Fiji Hindi
  
Where They Speak
Mongolia
  
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Dialect 3
Khorchin Mongolian
  
Tharu Bhojpuri
  
Where They Speak
Mongolia
  
India
  
How Many People Speak?
5.70 million
  
99+
40.00 million
  
31
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
5.70 million
  
99+
40.00 million
  
24
Native Name
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)
  
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas
  
French Name
mongol
  
bhojpuri
  
German Name
Mongolisch
  
Bhojpuri
  
Pronunciation
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/
  
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Origin
1224-1225
  
19th 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
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian
  
Bhojpuri
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Mongolian Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
mn
  
No data Available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mon
  
bho
  
ISO 639 2/B
mon
  
bho
  
ISO 639 3
mon
  
bho
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mong1331
  
bhoj1246
  
Linguasphere
part of 44-BAA-b
  
59-AAF-sa
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available