Countries
China, Mongolia
  
Norway
  
National Language
China, Mongolia
  
Norway
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Europe, South America
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Nynorsk
  
Regulated By
Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)
  
Norwegian Language Council
  
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.
  
- Bergen is one of the Norwegian dialect which has only two genders: common and neuter.
- Since Norwegian language uses pitch accents, it has musical quality and are sometimes employed to distinguish the meanings of homonyms.
  
Similar To
Turkish Language
  
Swedish and Danish Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Mongolian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Norwegian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Сайн уу (Sain uu)
  
hallo
  
Thank You
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)
  
takk
  
How Are You?
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)
  
hvordan har du det?
  
Good Night
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)
  
god natt
  
Good Evening
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)
  
god kveld
  
Good Afternoon
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)
  
god ettermiddag
  
Good Morning
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)
  
god morgen
  
Please
Хэрэв (Kherev)
  
Vær så snill
  
Sorry
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)
  
unnskyld
  
Bye
Баяртай (Bayartai)
  
ha det
  
I Love You
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)
  
Jeg Elsker Deg
  
Excuse Me
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)
  
unnskyld meg
  
Dialect 1
Khalkha Mongolian
  
Jamtlandic
  
Where They Speak
Mongolia
  
Jamtland,Harjedalen
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Ordos Mongolian
  
Sognamål
  
Where They Speak
Mongolia
  
Sogn
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Khorchin Mongolian
  
Hallingmål-Valdris
  
Where They Speak
Mongolia
  
Hallingdal, Valdres
  
How Many People Speak?
5.70 million
  
99+
5.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
5.70 million
  
99+
5.00 million
  
99+
Native Name
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)
  
Norsk
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Norsk
  
French Name
mongol
  
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien
  
German Name
Mongolisch
  
Nynorsk
  
Pronunciation
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/
  
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian)
[nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Norwegians
  
Origin
1224-1225
  
c. 1300 AD
  
Language Family
Mongolic family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Mongolian
  
Germanic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Northern (Scandinavian)
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian
  
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian
  
Standard Forms
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian
  
Nynorsk, Bokmål
  
Signed Forms
Mongolian Sign Language
  
Signed Norwegian
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
mn
  
no
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mon
  
nor
  
ISO 639 2/B
mon
  
nor
  
ISO 639 3
mon
  
nor
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mong1331
  
norw1258
  
Linguasphere
part of 44-BAA-b
  
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional