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Mongolian and Japanese


Japanese and Mongolian


Countries

Countries
China, Mongolia  
Japan  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
China, Mongolia  
Japan  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia, Pacific  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Palau  

Regulated By
Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)  
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education  

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.
  
  • In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
  • There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  

Similar To
Turkish Language  
Korean Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
35  
17
99  
40

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
13  
10
5  
2

How Many Consonants
20  
10
14  
4

Scripts
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script  
Kana  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
88 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
Сайн уу (Sain uu)  
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)  

Thank You
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)  
ありがとう (Arigatō)  

How Are You?
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)  
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)  

Good Night
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)  
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)  

Good Evening
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)  
こんばんは (Konbanwa)  

Good Afternoon
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)  
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)  

Good Morning
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)  
おはよう (Ohayō)  

Please
Хэрэв (Kherev)  
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)  

Sorry
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)  
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)  

Bye
Баяртай (Bayartai)  
さようなら (Sayōnara)  

I Love You
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)  
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)  

Excuse Me
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)  
すみません (Sumimasen)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Khalkha Mongolian  
Sanuki  

Where They Speak
Mongolia  
Kagawa  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
1,000,000.00  
28

Dialect 2
Ordos Mongolian  
Hakata  

Where They Speak
Mongolia  
Fukuoka  

How Many People Speak
123,000.00  
34
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Khorchin Mongolian  
Kansai  

Where They Speak
Mongolia  
kansai  

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
31  
25

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
5.70 million  
99+
128.00 million  
14

Speaking Population
Not Available  
1.90 %  
10

Native Speakers
5.70 million  
99+
128.00 million  
9

Native Name
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)  
日本語  

Alternative Names
Not Available  
Not Available  

French Name
mongol  
japonais  

German Name
Mongolisch  
Japanisch  

Pronunciation
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/  
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Japanese (Yamato)  

History

Origin
1224-1225  
1185  

Language Family
Mongolic family  
Japonic Family  

Subgroup
Mongolian  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian  
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese  

Standard Forms
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian  
Japanese  

Language Position
Not Available  
8  
8

Signed Forms
Mongolian Sign Language  
Signed Japanese  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
mn  
ja  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mon  
jpn  

ISO 639 2/B
mon  
jpn  

ISO 639 3
mon  
jpn  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
mong1331  
nucl1643  

Linguasphere
part of 44-BAA-b  
45-CAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Agglutinative, Synthetic  

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

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Mongolian and Japanese Speaking population

Mongolian and Japanese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Mongolian and Japanese languages can be compared. The total count of Mongolian and Japanese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Mongolian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Japanese language is 1.90 %. 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 Japanese on Mongolian vs Japanese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Mongolian and Japanese Language Codes

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