Countries
China, Mongolia
  
India, Pakistan
  
National Language
China, Mongolia
  
India, Pakistan
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)
  
Not Available
  
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.
  
- Kashmiri is the only Daridc language with literature which was originated more than seven hundred and fifty years ago.
- Kashmiri has thousands of loan words from Persian and Arabic Languages.
  
Similar To
Turkish Language
  
Hindi and Urdu Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Mongolian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Kashmiri-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script
  
Arabic, Perso-Arabic script
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Сайн уу (Sain uu)
  
Assalām ‘alaikum
  
Thank You
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)
  
शुकिया / شکریہ (shukriya)
  
How Are You?
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)
  
तोहय छिवा वारय? (tohy ch'ivaa vaarai?)
  
Good Night
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)
  
शबे खैर । (shabey k'eūr)
  
Good Evening
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)
  
Not Available
  
Good Afternoon
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)
  
Hach t'ochoktiya
  
Good Morning
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)
  
Hach ch'i
  
Please
Хэрэв (Kherev)
  
Not Available
  
Sorry
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)
  
माफ कॅरिव । (maap' keuriv)
  
Bye
Баяртай (Bayartai)
  
Khuda hāfiz
  
I Love You
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)
  
be chus che seth mohabat karaan
  
Excuse Me
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)
  
वय त्रॅाविव । (vat' treūviv)
  
Dialect 1
Khalkha Mongolian
  
Kashtawari
  
Where They Speak
Mongolia
  
India, Koshtawar valley, southeast kashmir, India
  
Dialect 2
Ordos Mongolian
  
Poguli
  
Where They Speak
Mongolia
  
Pogul and Paristan valleys
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Khorchin Mongolian
  
Rambani
  
Where They Speak
Mongolia
  
India
  
How Many People Speak?
5.70 million
  
99+
5.60 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
5.70 million
  
99+
5.42 million
  
99+
Native Name
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)
  
कॉशुर / كٲشُر
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Cashmeeree, Cashmiri, Kacmiri, Kaschemiri, Keshur, Koshur
  
French Name
mongol
  
kashmiri
  
German Name
Mongolisch
  
Kaschmiri
  
Pronunciation
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/
  
[kəːʃur]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Kashmiris or koshur
  
Origin
1224-1225
  
12th Century
  
Language Family
Mongolic family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Mongolian
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian
  
Kashmiri
  
Signed Forms
Mongolian Sign Language
  
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
mn
  
ks
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mon
  
kas
  
ISO 639 2/B
mon
  
kas
  
ISO 639 3
mon
  
kas
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mong1331
  
kash1277
  
Linguasphere
part of 44-BAA-b
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available