Countries
China, Mongolia
Hong Kong, Macau
National Language
China, Mongolia
China, Guangdong
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
Hawaii
Regulated By
Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
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.
- Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
- Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
Similar To
Turkish Language
Chinese Language
Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Cantonese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hello
Сайн уу (Sain uu)
您好
Thank You
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)
谢谢
How Are You?
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)
你好吗？
Good Night
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)
晚安
Good Evening
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)
晚上好
Good Afternoon
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)
下午好
Good Morning
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)
早上好
Sorry
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)
遗憾
Bye
Баяртай (Bayartai)
再见
I Love You
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)
我爱你
Excuse Me
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)
原谅我
Dialect 1
Khalkha Mongolian
Guangzhou
Where They Speak
Mongolia
outside mainland China
Dialect 2
Ordos Mongolian
Xiguan
Where They Speak
Mongolia
Hong Kong
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Khorchin Mongolian
Hong Kong
Where They Speak
Mongolia
Hong Kong
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)
Kwang Tung Wa
Alternative Names
Not Available
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
French Name
mongol
Not Available
German Name
Mongolisch
Not Available
Pronunciation
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/
Not Available
Ethnicity
Not Available
Not Available
Origin
1224-1225
17th century
Language Family
Mongolic family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Mongolian
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian
No early forms
Standard Forms
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian
Standard Cantonese
Signed Forms
Mongolian Sign Language
Not Available
Scope
Macrolanguage
Not Available
ISO 639 1
mn
No data available
ISO 639 2/T
mon
Not Available
ISO 639 2/B
mon
Not Available
ISO 639 3
mon
No data available
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
mong1331
cant1236
Linguasphere
part of 44-BAA-b
No data available
Language Type
Living
Not Available
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
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All Mongolian and Cantonese 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 Mongolian and Cantonese dialects. Various dialects of Mongolian and Cantonese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Mongolian are spoken in different Mongolian Speaking Countries whereas Cantonese Dialects are spoken in different Cantonese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Mongolian vs Cantonese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Mongolian dialects include: Khalkha Mongolian, Ordos Mongolian. Cantonese dialects include: Guangzhou , Xiguan. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Mongolian and Cantonese Speaking population
Mongolian and Cantonese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Mongolian and Cantonese languages can be compared. The total count of Mongolian and Cantonese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Mongolian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Cantonese language is 16.00 %. 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 Mongolian and Cantonese on Mongolian vs Cantonese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Mongolian and Cantonese Language Codes
Mongolian and Cantonese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Mongolian and Cantonese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.
