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Mongolian and Greek


Greek and Mongolian


Countries

Countries
China, Mongolia   
Cyprus, European Union, Greece   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
3   
12

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

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

Alphabets
35   
17
24   
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
13   
10
7   
4

How Many Consonants
20   
10
17   
7

Scripts
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script   
Arabic, Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

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)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Khalkha Mongolian   
Cappadocian Greek   

Where They Speak
Mongolia   
Greece   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
2,800.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Ordos Mongolian   
Griko   

Where They Speak
Mongolia   
Italy   

How Many People Speak
123,000.00   
34
50,000.00   
38

Dialect 3
Khorchin Mongolian   
Mariupol   

Where They Speak
Mongolia   
Ukraine   

Total No. Of Dialects
8   
8
25   
21

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
5.70 million   
99+
13.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.18 %   
99+

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   

History

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   
74   
99+

Signed Forms
Mongolian Sign Language   
Greek Sign Language   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

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   

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

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Mongolian and Greek Speaking population

Mongolian and Greek speaking population is one of the factors based on which Mongolian and Greek languages can be compared. The total count of Mongolian and Greek Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Mongolian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Greek language is 0.18 %. 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 Greek on Mongolian vs Greek where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Mongolian and Greek Language Codes

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