Countries
China, Mongolia
  
Japan
  
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 in
Mongolian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Japanese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script
  
Kana
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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)
  
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
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Khorchin Mongolian
  
Kansai
  
Where They Speak
Mongolia
  
kansai
  
How Many People Speak?
5.70 million
  
99+
128.00 million
  
14
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
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)
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Mongolian Sign Language
  
Signed Japanese
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
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