Countries
China, Mongolia
  
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City
  
National Language
China, Mongolia
  
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia
  
Regulated By
Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)
  
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)
  
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.
  
- One of the most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
- Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
  
Similar To
Turkish Language
  
French and Portuguese Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
Mongolian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Italian-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)
  
ciao
  
Thank You
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)
  
grazie
  
How Are You?
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)
  
Come stai?
  
Good Night
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)
  
buonanotte
  
Good Evening
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)
  
buonasera
  
Good Afternoon
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)
  
buon pomeriggio
  
Good Morning
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)
  
buongiorno
  
Please
Хэрэв (Kherev)
  
Per Favore
  
Sorry
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)
  
scusate
  
Bye
Баяртай (Bayartai)
  
arrivederci
  
I Love You
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)
  
Ti amo
  
Excuse Me
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)
  
Scusami
  
Dialect 1
Khalkha Mongolian
  
Romanesco
  
Where They Speak
Mongolia
  
Lazio
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
3,000,000.00
  
21
Dialect 2
Ordos Mongolian
  
Central Italian
  
Where They Speak
Mongolia
  
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria
  
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00
  
14
Dialect 3
Khorchin Mongolian
  
Tuscan
  
Where They Speak
Mongolia
  
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria
  
How Many People Speak?
5.70 million
  
99+
78.00 million
  
21
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
5.70 million
  
99+
64.00 million
  
18
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
14.00 million
  
20
Native Name
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)
  
Italiano
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Italiano
  
French Name
mongol
  
italien
  
German Name
Mongolisch
  
Italienisch
  
Pronunciation
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/
  
[itaˈljaːno]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Italians
  
Origin
1224-1225
  
960 BC
  
Language Family
Mongolic family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Mongolian
  
Romance
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian
  
Italian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Mongolian Sign Language
  
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
mn
  
it
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mon
  
ita
  
ISO 639 2/B
mon
  
ita
  
ISO 639 3
mon
  
ita
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
itas
  
Glottocode
mong1331
  
ital1282
  
Linguasphere
part of 44-BAA-b
  
51-AAA-q
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional, Synthetic