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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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