Countries
China, Mongolia
  
India, Karnataka, India
  
National Language
China, Mongolia
  
Karnataka, India
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Goa
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
  
Regulated By
Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)
  
Various academies and the Government of Karnataka
  
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.
  
- Kannada is the third oldest language after Sanskrit and Tamil of India
- Kannada language is only Indian language which got maximum i.e. 8 GyanaPeetha Awards.
  
Similar To
Turkish Language
  
Telugu
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Mongolian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Kannada-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script
  
Kannada Script
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Сайн уу (Sain uu)
  
ಹಲೋ (Halō)
  
Thank You
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)
  
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)
  
How Are You?
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)
  
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)
  
Good Night
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)
  
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)
  
Good Evening
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)
  
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)
  
Good Afternoon
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)
  
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)
  
Good Morning
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)
  
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)
  
Please
Хэрэв (Kherev)
  
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)
  
Sorry
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)
  
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)
  
Bye
Баяртай (Bayartai)
  
ಬೈ (Bai)
  
I Love You
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)
  
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)
  
Excuse Me
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)
  
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)
  
Dialect 1
Khalkha Mongolian
  
Badaga
  
Where They Speak
Mongolia
  
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Ordos Mongolian
  
Urali
  
Where They Speak
Mongolia
  
kerala
  
Dialect 3
Khorchin Mongolian
  
Kurumba
  
Where They Speak
Mongolia
  
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
5.70 million
  
99+
49.00 million
  
29
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
5.70 million
  
99+
38.00 million
  
26
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
11.00 million
  
21
Native Name
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)
  
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi
  
French Name
mongol
  
kannada
  
German Name
Mongolisch
  
Kannada
  
Pronunciation
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/
  
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Kannadiga
  
Origin
1224-1225
  
c. 450
  
Language Family
Mongolic family
  
Dravidian Family
  
Subgroup
Mongolian
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian
  
Old Kannada, Kannada
  
Standard Forms
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian
  
Modern Kannada
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Mongolian Sign Language
  
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
mn
  
kn
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mon
  
kan
  
ISO 639 2/B
mon
  
kan
  
ISO 639 3
mon
  
kan
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mong1331
  
nucl1305
  
Linguasphere
part of 44-BAA-b
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available