Countries
China, Mongolia
  
India
  
National Language
China, Mongolia
  
India
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
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 earliest literature in Oriya was traced in 7th to 9th centuries.
- Since Odia is having a long literary history and has not borrowed largely from other languages, it is the 6th classical language in India.
  
Similar To
Turkish Language
  
Bengali and Assamese
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Mongolian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Oriya-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script
  
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Сайн уу (Sain uu)
  
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)
  
Thank You
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)
  
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)
  
How Are You?
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)
  
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)
  
Good Night
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)
  
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)
  
Good Evening
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)
  
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)
  
Good Afternoon
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)
  
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)
  
Good Morning
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)
  
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)
  
Please
Хэрэв (Kherev)
  
Not Available
  
Sorry
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)
  
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)
  
Bye
Баяртай (Bayartai)
  
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)
  
I Love You
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)
  
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)
  
Excuse Me
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)
  
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)
  
Dialect 1
Khalkha Mongolian
  
Baleswari
  
Where They Speak
Mongolia
  
India
  
Dialect 2
Ordos Mongolian
  
Ganjami
  
Where They Speak
Mongolia
  
India
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Khorchin Mongolian
  
Kosli
  
Where They Speak
Mongolia
  
India
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
5.70 million
  
99+
33.00 million
  
34
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
5.70 million
  
99+
33.00 million
  
28
Native Name
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)
  
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia
  
French Name
mongol
  
oriya
  
German Name
Mongolisch
  
Oriya-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/
  
[ˈoɽia]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Odias
  
Origin
1224-1225
  
3 BC
  
Language Family
Mongolic family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Mongolian
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian
  
Standard Odia
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Mongolian Sign Language
  
Indian Signing System
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
mn
  
or
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mon
  
ori
  
ISO 639 2/B
mon
  
ori
  
ISO 639 3
mon
  
ori
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mong1331
  
macr1269
  
Linguasphere
part of 44-BAA-b
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available