Countries
China, Mongolia
  
Afganistan
  
National Language
China, Mongolia
  
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
  
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
  
Pakistan
  
Regulated By
Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)
  
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
  
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.
  
- Pashto language is originated in the regions of Paktika and Paktia areas of Afghanistan.
- The first Pashto poem was written in the 7th century.
  
Similar To
Turkish Language
  
Persian and Balochi Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Mongolian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Pashto-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script
  
Arabic
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Сайн уу (Sain uu)
  
(salaam) سلام
  
Thank You
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)
  
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
  
How Are You?
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)
  
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
  
Good Night
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)
  
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
  
Good Evening
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)
  
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
  
Good Afternoon
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)
  
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
  
Good Morning
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)
  
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
  
Please
Хэрэв (Kherev)
  
(lotfan) لطفا
  
Sorry
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)
  
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
  
Bye
Баяртай (Bayartai)
  
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
  
I Love You
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)
  
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
  
Excuse Me
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)
  
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
  
Dialect 1
Khalkha Mongolian
  
Central Pashto
  
Where They Speak
Mongolia
  
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
6,500,000.00
  
14
Dialect 2
Ordos Mongolian
  
Northern Pashto
  
Where They Speak
Mongolia
  
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00
  
4
Dialect 3
Khorchin Mongolian
  
Wanetsi
  
Where They Speak
Mongolia
  
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
5.70 million
  
99+
60.00 million
  
27
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
5.70 million
  
99+
60.00 million
  
20
Native Name
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)
  
(paṧto) پښتو
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
  
French Name
mongol
  
pachto
  
German Name
Mongolisch
  
Paschtu
  
Pronunciation
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/
  
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Pashtun
  
Origin
1224-1225
  
1651
  
Language Family
Mongolic family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Mongolian
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Iranian
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian
  
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Mongolian Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
mn
  
ps
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mon
  
pus
  
ISO 639 2/B
mon
  
pus
  
ISO 639 3
mon
  
pus
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mong1331
  
pash1269
  
Linguasphere
part of 44-BAA-b
  
58-ABD-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional