Countries
China, Mongolia
  
Macedonia
  
National Language
China, Mongolia
  
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
  
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
  
Albania, Romania, Serbia
  
Regulated By
Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)
  
Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"
  
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.
  
- There are plenty of loan words in Macedonian language from the Serbian, Bulgarian and Russian languages.
- The only Indo-European language that make use of the narrative mood is Macedonian language.
  
Similar To
Turkish Language
  
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Mongolian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Macedonian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script
  
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Сайн уу (Sain uu)
  
Здраво (Zdravo)
  
Thank You
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)
  
Благодарам (Blagodaram)
  
How Are You?
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)
  
Како си? (Kako si?)
  
Good Night
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)
  
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)
  
Good Evening
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)
  
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)
  
Good Afternoon
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)
  
Добар ден (Dobar den)
  
Good Morning
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)
  
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
  
Please
Хэрэв (Kherev)
  
Ве молиме (Ve molime)
  
Sorry
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)
  
жал (žal)
  
Bye
Баяртай (Bayartai)
  
Чао (Čao)
  
I Love You
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)
  
Те сакам (Te sakam)
  
Excuse Me
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)
  
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
  
Dialect 1
Khalkha Mongolian
  
Torlakian
  
Where They Speak
Mongolia
  
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Ordos Mongolian
  
Debar
  
Where They Speak
Mongolia
  
Macedonia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Khorchin Mongolian
  
Galičnik
  
Where They Speak
Mongolia
  
Macedonia
  
How Many People Speak?
5.70 million
  
99+
2.50 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
5.70 million
  
99+
2.50 million
  
99+
Native Name
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)
  
македонски (Makedonski) македонски јазик (makedonski jazik)
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic
  
French Name
mongol
  
macédonien
  
German Name
Mongolisch
  
Makedonisch
  
Pronunciation
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/
  
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Macedonians
  
Origin
1224-1225
  
2200 BC
  
Language Family
Mongolic family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Mongolian
  
Slavic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Southern
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian
  
Macedonian
  
Signed Forms
Mongolian Sign Language
  
Macedonian Sign Language
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
mn
  
mk
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mon
  
mkd
  
ISO 639 2/B
mon
  
mac
  
ISO 639 3
mon
  
mkd
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mong1331
  
mace1250
  
Linguasphere
part of 44-BAA-b
  
53-AAA-ha
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Analytic