Countries
China, Mongolia
  
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu
  
National Language
China, Mongolia
  
France
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Africa, Canada
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam
  
Regulated By
Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)
  
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française
  
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.
  
- French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
- French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
  
Similar To
Turkish Language
  
Italian Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
Mongolian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
French-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Сайн уу (Sain uu)
  
bonjour
  
Thank You
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)
  
Merci
  
How Are You?
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)
  
Comment allez-vous?
  
Good Night
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)
  
bonne Nuit
  
Good Evening
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)
  
bonsoir
  
Good Afternoon
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)
  
bon Après-Midi
  
Good Morning
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)
  
Bonjour
  
Please
Хэрэв (Kherev)
  
S'il vous plaît
  
Sorry
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)
  
désolé
  
Bye
Баяртай (Bayartai)
  
au revoir
  
I Love You
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)
  
Je t'aime
  
Excuse Me
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)
  
Excuse Moi
  
Dialect 1
Khalkha Mongolian
  
Quebec French
  
Where They Speak
Mongolia
  
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
6,200,000.00
  
15
Dialect 2
Ordos Mongolian
  
African French
  
Where They Speak
Mongolia
  
Africa
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Khorchin Mongolian
  
Swiss French
  
Where They Speak
Mongolia
  
Northeast France, Switzerland
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,800,000.00
  
16
How Many People Speak?
5.70 million
  
99+
163.00 million
  
11
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
5.70 million
  
99+
76.00 million
  
13
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
87.00 million
  
11
Native Name
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)
  
français
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Français
  
French Name
mongol
  
français
  
German Name
Mongolisch
  
Französisch
  
Pronunciation
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/
  
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Origin
1224-1225
  
9th Century
  
Language Family
Mongolic family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Mongolian
  
Romance
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian
  
Old French, Middle French and French
  
Standard Forms
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian
  
Standard French
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Mongolian Sign Language
  
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
mn
  
fr
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mon
  
fra
  
ISO 639 2/B
mon
  
fre
  
ISO 639 3
mon
  
fra
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
fras
  
Glottocode
mong1331
  
stan1290
  
Linguasphere
part of 44-BAA-b
  
51-AAA-i
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional, Synthetic