Countries
China, Mongolia
  
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
  
National Language
China, Mongolia
  
North Korea, South Korea
  
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
  
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)
  
The National Institute of the Korean Language
  
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.
  
- Korean has borrowed words from English and Chinese.
- Korean has two counting systems. First, is based on Chinese characters and numbers are similar to Chinese numbers, and second counting system is from words unique to Korea.
  
Similar To
Turkish Language
  
Chinese and Japanese languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Korean-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script
  
Hangul
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Сайн уу (Sain uu)
  
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
  
Thank You
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)
  
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
  
How Are You?
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)
  
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
  
Good Night
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)
  
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
  
Good Evening
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)
  
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
  
Good Afternoon
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)
  
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
  
Good Morning
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)
  
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
  
Please
Хэрэв (Kherev)
  
하십시오 (hasibsio)
  
Sorry
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)
  
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
  
Bye
Баяртай (Bayartai)
  
안녕 (annyeong)
  
I Love You
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)
  
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
  
Excuse Me
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)
  
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
  
Dialect 1
Khalkha Mongolian
  
Jeju
  
Where They Speak
Mongolia
  
South Korea
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Ordos Mongolian
  
Gyeongsang
  
Where They Speak
Mongolia
  
South Korea
  
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00
  
9
Dialect 3
Khorchin Mongolian
  
Hamgyŏng
  
Where They Speak
Mongolia
  
China, North Korea
  
How Many People Speak?
5.70 million
  
99+
77.00 million
  
22
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
5.70 million
  
99+
77.00 million
  
12
Native Name
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)
  
한국어 (조선말)
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
  
French Name
mongol
  
coréen
  
German Name
Mongolisch
  
Koreanisch
  
Pronunciation
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Koreans
  
Origin
1224-1225
  
Before 1st century
  
Language Family
Mongolic family
  
Koreanic Family
  
Subgroup
Mongolian
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian
  
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
  
Standard Forms
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian
  
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Mongolian Sign Language
  
Korean Sign Language
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
mn
  
ko
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mon
  
kor
  
ISO 639 2/B
mon
  
kor
  
ISO 639 3
mon
  
Kor
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mong1331
  
kore1280
  
Linguasphere
part of 44-BAA-b
  
45-AAA
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Agglutinative