Countries
China, Mongolia
  
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
  
National Language
China, Mongolia
  
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Roman Empire
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)
  
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
  
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.
  
- Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
- The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
  
Similar To
Turkish Language
  
Armenian
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
Mongolian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Greek-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script
  
Arabic, Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Сайн уу (Sain uu)
  
γεια σας (geia sas)
  
Thank You
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)
  
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
  
How Are You?
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)
  
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
  
Good Night
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)
  
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
  
Good Evening
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)
  
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
  
Good Afternoon
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)
  
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
  
Good Morning
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)
  
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
  
Please
Хэрэв (Kherev)
  
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
  
Sorry
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)
  
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
  
Bye
Баяртай (Bayartai)
  
αντίο (antío)
  
I Love You
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)
  
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
  
Excuse Me
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)
  
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
  
Dialect 1
Khalkha Mongolian
  
Cappadocian Greek
  
Where They Speak
Mongolia
  
Greece
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Ordos Mongolian
  
Griko
  
Where They Speak
Mongolia
  
Italy
  
Dialect 3
Khorchin Mongolian
  
Mariupol
  
Where They Speak
Mongolia
  
Ukraine
  
How Many People Speak?
5.70 million
  
99+
13.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
5.70 million
  
99+
13.00 million
  
99+
Native Name
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)
  
ελληνικά
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
  
French Name
mongol
  
grec moderne (après 1453)
  
German Name
Mongolisch
  
Neugriechisch
  
Pronunciation
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/
  
[eliniˈka]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Greeks or Hellenes
  
Origin
1224-1225
  
1500 BC
  
Language Family
Mongolic family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Mongolian
  
Hellenic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian
  
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
  
Standard Forms
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian
  
Modern Greek
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Mongolian Sign Language
  
Greek Sign Language
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
mn
  
el
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mon
  
ell
  
ISO 639 2/B
mon
  
gre
  
ISO 639 3
mon
  
ell
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
ells
  
Glottocode
mong1331
  
gree1276
  
Linguasphere
part of 44-BAA-b
  
56-AAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional, Synthetic