Countries
China, Mongolia
Iraq, Kurdistan
National Language
China, Mongolia
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Middle East
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.
- The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
- In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
Similar To
Turkish Language
Farsi Language
Derived From
Not Available
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Alphabets in
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Scripts
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
Writing Direction
Not Available
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hello
Сайн уу (Sain uu)
Silaw
Thank You
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)
Sipas
How Are You?
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)
Tu çawa yî?
Good Night
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)
Şev xweş
Good Evening
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)
Evare baş
Good Afternoon
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)
Nee-wa-rowt bash
Good Morning
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)
Bayanit bash
Please
Хэрэв (Kherev)
Bê zehmet
Sorry
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)
Bibûre
Bye
Баяртай (Bayartai)
Be xêr çî
I Love You
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)
Ez te hez dikem
Excuse Me
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)
Bê zehmet
Dialect 1
Khalkha Mongolian
Northern Kurdish
Where They Speak
Mongolia
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Ordos Mongolian
Central Kurdish
Where They Speak
Mongolia
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
Dialect 3
Khorchin Mongolian
Southern Kurdish
Where They Speak
Mongolia
Eastern Iraq
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
Alternative Names
Not Available
Not Available
German Name
Mongolisch
Kurdisch
Pronunciation
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/
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Ethnicity
Not Available
Kurds
Origin
1224-1225
16th century CE
Language Family
Mongolic family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Mongolian
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian
Not Available
Standard Forms
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian
Kurdish
Signed Forms
Mongolian Sign Language
Not Available
Scope
Macrolanguage
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
mong1331
kurd1259
Linguasphere
part of 44-BAA-b
58-AAA-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
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All Mongolian and Kurdish 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 Kurdish dialects. Various dialects of Mongolian and Kurdish language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Mongolian are spoken in different Mongolian Speaking Countries whereas Kurdish Dialects are spoken in different Kurdish speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Mongolian vs Kurdish Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Mongolian dialects include: Khalkha Mongolian, Ordos Mongolian. Kurdish dialects include: Northern Kurdish , Central Kurdish. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Mongolian and Kurdish Speaking population
Mongolian and Kurdish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Mongolian and Kurdish languages can be compared. The total count of Mongolian and Kurdish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Mongolian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Kurdish language is 0.31 %. 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 Kurdish on Mongolian vs Kurdish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Mongolian and Kurdish Language Codes
Mongolian and Kurdish language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Mongolian and Kurdish Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.