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Mongolian and Korean


Korean and Mongolian


Countries

Countries
China, Mongolia  
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
5  
10

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

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

Alphabets
35  
17
40  
21

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
13  
10
21  
18

How Many Consonants
20  
10
19  
9

Scripts
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script  
Hangul  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
88 weeks  
13

Greetings

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)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Khalkha Mongolian  
Jeju  

Where They Speak
Mongolia  
South Korea  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
10,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Ordos Mongolian  
Gyeongsang  

Where They Speak
Mongolia  
South Korea  

How Many People Speak
123,000.00  
34
10,000,000.00  
9

Dialect 3
Khorchin Mongolian  
Hamgyŏng  

Where They Speak
Mongolia  
China, North Korea  

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
12  
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
5.70 million  
99+
77.00 million  
22

Speaking Population
Not Available  
1.14 %  
16

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  

History

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  
12  
11

Signed Forms
Mongolian Sign Language  
Korean Sign Language  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

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  

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

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Mongolian and Korean Speaking population

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Mongolian and Korean Language Codes

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