Countries
China, Mongolia
  
Israel
  
National Language
China, Mongolia
  
Israel
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Israel
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa, Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Poland
  
Regulated By
Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)
  
Academy of the Hebrew Language
  
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.
  
- The original language of Bible is Hebrew.
- The men and women use different verbs in hebrew language.
  
Similar To
Turkish Language
  
Arabic and Aramaic languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Aramaic Language
  
Alphabets in
Mongolian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Hebrew-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
How Many Vowels
0
  
Scripts
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script
  
Hebrew
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Сайн уу (Sain uu)
  
שלום (Shalom)
  
Thank You
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)
  
תודה (Toda)
  
How Are You?
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)
  
מה שלומך? (ma shlomxa)
  
Good Night
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)
  
לילה טוב (Laila tov)
  
Good Evening
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)
  
ערב טוב (Erev tov)
  
Good Afternoon
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)
  
אחר צהריים טובים (Achar tzahara'im tovim)
  
Good Morning
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)
  
בוקר טוב (Boker tov)
  
Please
Хэрэв (Kherev)
  
בבקשה (bevekshah)
  
Sorry
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)
  
סליחה! (Slicha)
  
Bye
Баяртай (Bayartai)
  
להתראות (Lehitraot)
  
I Love You
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)
  
אני אוהבת אותך (Ani ohevet otcha)
  
Excuse Me
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)
  
בבקשה!
  
Dialect 1
Khalkha Mongolian
  
Ashkenazi Hebrew
  
Where They Speak
Mongolia
  
Israel
  
Dialect 2
Ordos Mongolian
  
Samaritan Hebrew
  
Where They Speak
Mongolia
  
Israel, Palestine
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Khorchin Mongolian
  
Yemenite Hebrew
  
Where They Speak
Mongolia
  
Israel
  
How Many People Speak?
5.70 million
  
99+
9.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
5.70 million
  
99+
4.40 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
5.60 million
  
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Native Name
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)
  
עברית / עִבְרִית (ivrit)
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Israeli, Ivrit
  
French Name
mongol
  
hébreu
  
German Name
Mongolisch
  
Hebräisch
  
Pronunciation
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/
  
[(ʔ)ivˈʁit] - [(ʔ)ivˈɾit]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Origin
1224-1225
  
1000 BC
  
Language Family
Mongolic family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Mongolian
  
Semitic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Canaanitic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian
  
Biblical Hebrew, Mishnaic Hebrew, Medieval Hebrew, Hebrew
  
Standard Forms
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian
  
Modern Hebrew
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Mongolian Sign Language
  
Signed Hebrew
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
mn
  
he
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mon
  
heb
  
ISO 639 2/B
mon
  
heb
  
ISO 639 3
mon
  
heb
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mong1331
  
hebr1246
  
Linguasphere
part of 44-BAA-b
  
12-AAB-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Subject-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional, Synthetic