Mongolian and Latvian
Countries
China, Mongolia
European Union, Latvia
National Language
China, Mongolia
Latvia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe
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)
Latvian State Language Center
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 first written form of Latvian dates from 16th century was found in religious texts.
- The old latvian language was based on the a Gothic script.
Similar To
Turkish Language
Lithuanian Language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
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Scripts
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script
Latin
Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Сайн уу (Sain uu)
Sveiki
Thank You
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)
Paldies
How Are You?
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)
Kā jums klājas?
Good Night
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)
Ar labunakti
Good Evening
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)
Labvakar
Good Afternoon
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)
Labdien
Good Morning
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)
Labrīt
Please
Хэрэв (Kherev)
lūdzu
Sorry
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)
Piedodiet!
Bye
Баяртай (Bayartai)
Uz redzēšanos
I Love You
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)
Es tevi mīlu
Excuse Me
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)
Piedodiet!
Dialect 1
Khalkha Mongolian
Livonian
Where They Speak
Mongolia
Latvia
Dialect 2
Ordos Mongolian
Middle Latvian
Where They Speak
Mongolia
Latvia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Khorchin Mongolian
High Latvian
Where They Speak
Mongolia
France, Latvia
Speaking Population
Not Available
Not Available
Native Name
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)
latviešu valoda
Alternative Names
Not Available
Lettish
French Name
mongol
letton
German Name
Mongolisch
Lettisch
Pronunciation
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/
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Ethnicity
Not Available
Latvians or Letts
Language Family
Mongolic family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Mongolian
Baltic
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian
No early forms
Standard Forms
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian
Latvian
Signed Forms
Mongolian Sign Language
Latvian Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
Not Available
not Available
Glottocode
mong1331
latv1249
Linguasphere
part of 44-BAA-b
54-AAB-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Synthetic
All Mongolian and Latvian 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 Latvian dialects. Various dialects of Mongolian and Latvian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Mongolian are spoken in different Mongolian Speaking Countries whereas Latvian Dialects are spoken in different Latvian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Mongolian vs Latvian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Mongolian dialects include: Khalkha Mongolian, Ordos Mongolian. Latvian dialects include: Livonian , Middle Latvian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Mongolian and Latvian Speaking population
Mongolian and Latvian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Mongolian and Latvian languages can be compared. The total count of Mongolian and Latvian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Mongolian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Latvian language is Not Available. 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 Latvian on Mongolian vs Latvian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Mongolian and Latvian Language Codes
Mongolian and Latvian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Mongolian and Latvian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.