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Mongolian and Chinese


Chinese and Mongolian


Countries

Countries
China, Mongolia   
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
5   
10

National Language
China, Mongolia   
China, Taiwan   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Republic of Brazil   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Indonesia, Malaysia   

Regulated By
Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)   
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council   

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.
  
  • Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
  • In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
  

Similar To
Turkish Language   
Not Available   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Mongolian-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Chinese.jpg#200   

Alphabets
35   
17
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
13   
10
24   
19

How Many Consonants
20   
10
23   
13

Scripts
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script   
Chinese Characters and derivatives   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
88 weeks   
13

Greetings

Hello
Сайн уу (Sain uu)   
您好 (Nín hǎo)   

Thank You
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)   
谢谢 (Xièxiè)   

How Are You?
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)   
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)   

Good Night
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)   
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)   

Good Evening
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)   
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)   

Good Afternoon
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)   
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)   

Good Morning
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)   
早安 (Zǎo ān)   

Please
Хэрэв (Kherev)   
请 (Qǐng)   

Sorry
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)   
遗憾 (Yíhàn)   

Bye
Баяртай (Bayartai)   
再见 (Zàijiàn)   

I Love You
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)   
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)   

Excuse Me
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)   
劳驾 (Láojià)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Khalkha Mongolian   
Mandarin   

Where They Speak
Mongolia   
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
960,000,000.00   
1

Dialect 2
Ordos Mongolian   
Wu   

Where They Speak
Mongolia   
China, United States of America   

How Many People Speak
123,000.00   
34
80,000,000.00   
1

Dialect 3
Khorchin Mongolian   
Yue   

Where They Speak
Mongolia   
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
60,000,000.00   
2

Total No. Of Dialects
8   
8
10   
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
5.70 million   
99+
1,051.00 million   
2

Speaking Population
Not Available   
16.00 %   
2

Native Speakers
5.70 million   
99+
873.00 million   
1

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
178.00 million   
3

Native Name
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)   
中文 (zhōngwén)   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Not Available   

French Name
mongol   
chinois   

German Name
Mongolisch   
Chinesisch   

Pronunciation
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Han   

History

Origin
1224-1225   
1250 BC   

Language Family
Mongolic family   
Sino-Tibetan 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   
Standard Chinese   

Language Position
Not Available   
1   
1

Signed Forms
Mongolian Sign Language   
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
mn   
zh   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mon   
zho   

ISO 639 2/B
mon   
chi   

ISO 639 3
mon   
zho   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
mong1331   
sini1245   

Linguasphere
part of 44-BAA-b   
79-AAA   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Analytic, Isolating   

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All Mongolian and Chinese 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 Chinese dialects. Various dialects of Mongolian and Chinese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Mongolian are spoken in different Mongolian Speaking Countries whereas Chinese Dialects are spoken in different Chinese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Mongolian vs Chinese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Mongolian dialects include: Khalkha Mongolian, Ordos Mongolian. Chinese dialects include: Mandarin , Wu. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Mongolian and Chinese Speaking population

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Mongolian and Chinese Language Codes

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