1 Countries
1.1 Countries
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
China, Mongolia
Burundi, Gambia
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.7 Regulated By
Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)
Not Available
1.8 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.
- Kirundi language is tonal, since it has high and low essential tones.
- Kirundi Language is referred as a language where Meeussen's rule is active, this rule describes a certain pattern of tonal change in Bantu languages.
1.9 Similar To
Turkish Language
Kinyarwanda Language
1.10 Derived From
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2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.4 Scripts
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script
Latin
2.5 Writing Direction
Not Available
Not Available
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
Сайн уу (Sain uu)
Bwakeye
3.2 Thank You
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)
Urakoze
3.3 How Are You?
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)
Urakomeye?
3.4 Good Night
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)
Ijoro ryiza
3.5 Good Evening
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)
Mwiriwe
3.6 Good Afternoon
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)
Mwiriwe
3.7 Good Morning
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)
Mwaramutse
3.8 Please
Хэрэв (Kherev)
Ndagusavye
3.9 Sorry
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)
Not available
3.10 Bye
Баяртай (Bayartai)
N’agasaga
3.11 I Love You
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)
Not available
3.12 Excuse Me
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)
Not available
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Khalkha Mongolian
Rwanda-Rundi
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Mongolia
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
NA20,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
123,000.00990,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
NA153,000.00
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
5.70 million8.80 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
5.70 million8.80 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)
íkiRǔndi
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Not Available
Not Available
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/
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5.5 Ethnicity
Not Available
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Mongolic family
Niger-Congo Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
Not Available
Not Available
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian
Kirundi
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Mongolian Sign Language
Not Available
6.4 Scope
Macrolanguage
Not Available
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
7.3 ISO 639 3
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
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7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
part of 44-BAA-b
No data available
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
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