Countries
China, Mongolia
  
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
  
National Language
China, Mongolia
  
India
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Israel, Mauritius
  
Regulated By
Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)
  
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
  
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.
  
- Marathi ranks 4th in India based on the number of native speakers.
- Marathi language has borrowed plenty of loanwords from Urdu, Persian, Arabic and Sanskrit.
  
Similar To
Turkish Language
  
Konkani Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Mongolian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Marathi-Alphabet.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Сайн уу (Sain uu)
  
हॅलो (Hĕlō)
  
Thank You
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)
  
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
  
How Are You?
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)
  
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
  
Good Night
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)
  
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
  
Good Evening
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)
  
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
  
Good Afternoon
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)
  
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
  
Good Morning
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)
  
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
  
Please
Хэрэв (Kherev)
  
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
  
Sorry
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)
  
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
  
Bye
Баяртай (Bayartai)
  
बाय (Bāya)
  
I Love You
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)
  
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
  
Excuse Me
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)
  
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
  
Dialect 1
Khalkha Mongolian
  
Maharashtrian Konkani
  
Where They Speak
Mongolia
  
Kokan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
2,400,000.00
  
23
Dialect 2
Ordos Mongolian
  
Varhadi
  
Where They Speak
Mongolia
  
Vidarbha
  
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00
  
12
Dialect 3
Khorchin Mongolian
  
Khandeshi
  
Where They Speak
Mongolia
  
Khandesh
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,900,000.00
  
15
How Many People Speak?
5.70 million
  
99+
71.00 million
  
25
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
5.70 million
  
99+
68.00 million
  
16
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
3.00 million
  
32
Native Name
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)
  
मराठी (marāṭhī)
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
  
French Name
mongol
  
marathe
  
German Name
Mongolisch
  
Marathi
  
Pronunciation
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/
  
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Marathi people
  
Origin
1224-1225
  
10th century
  
Language Family
Mongolic family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Mongolian
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian
  
Maharashtri Prakrit
  
Standard Forms
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian
  
Marathi
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Mongolian Sign Language
  
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
mn
  
mr
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mon
  
mar
  
ISO 639 2/B
mon
  
mar
  
ISO 639 3
mon
  
mar
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mong1331
  
mara1378
  
Linguasphere
part of 44-BAA-b
  
omr
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available