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Mongolian and Kazakh


Kazakh and Mongolian


Countries

Countries
China, Mongolia   
China, Kazakhstan, Russia   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
3   
12

National Language
China, Mongolia   
Gambia, Kazakhstan   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Afganistan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, People's Republic of China, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan   

Regulated By
Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)   
Kazakh language agency   

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.
  
  • The Kazakh language can be written using a variety of scripts.
  • Kazakh Language contains many words from Russian, Arabic, Mongol, Persian and other Turkic languages.
  

Similar To
Turkish Language   
Turkish and Uzbek Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
35   
17
24   
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
13   
10
5   
2

How Many Consonants
20   
10
17   
7

Scripts
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script   
Arabic, Cyrillic   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Сайн уу (Sain uu)   
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)   

Thank You
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)   
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)   

How Are You?
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)   
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)   

Good Night
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)   
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)   

Good Evening
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)   
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)   

Good Afternoon
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)   
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)   

Good Morning
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)   
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)   

Please
Хэрэв (Kherev)   
өтінемін (ötinemin)   

Sorry
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)   
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)   

Bye
Баяртай (Bayartai)   
bye   

I Love You
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)   
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)   

Excuse Me
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)   
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Khalkha Mongolian   
Northeastern Kazakh   

Where They Speak
Mongolia   
Kazakhstan   

Dialect 2
Ordos Mongolian   
Southern Kazakh   

Where They Speak
Mongolia   
Kazakhstan   

How Many People Speak
123,000.00   
34
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Khorchin Mongolian   
Western Kazakh   

Where They Speak
Mongolia   
Kazakhstan   

Total No. Of Dialects
8   
8
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
5.70 million   
99+
11.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.17 %   
99+

Native Speakers
5.70 million   
99+
11.00 million   
99+

Native Name
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)   
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq   

French Name
mongol   
kazakh   

German Name
Mongolisch   
Kasachisch   

Pronunciation
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/   
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Kazahks   

History

Origin
1224-1225   
17th Century   

Language Family
Mongolic family   
Turkic Family   

Subgroup
Mongolian   
Turkic   

Branch
Not Available   
Northwestern (Kipchak)   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian   
Kazakh   

Language Position
Not Available   
93   
99+

Signed Forms
Mongolian Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
mn   
kk   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mon   
kaz   

ISO 639 2/B
mon   
kaz   

ISO 639 3
mon   
kaz   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
mong1331   
kaza1248   

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   
Agglutinative   

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

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Mongolian and Kazakh Speaking population

Mongolian and Kazakh speaking population is one of the factors based on which Mongolian and Kazakh languages can be compared. The total count of Mongolian and Kazakh Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Mongolian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Kazakh language is 0.17 %. 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 Kazakh on Mongolian vs Kazakh where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Mongolian and Kazakh Language Codes

Mongolian and Kazakh language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Mongolian and Kazakh Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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