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Mongolian and Persian


Persian and Mongolian


Countries

Countries
China, Mongolia   
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
3   
12

National Language
China, Mongolia   
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates   

Regulated By
Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)   
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan   

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.
  
  • In Iran, Parsi language is known as Farsi, while in Afghanistan Persian language is known as Dari.
  • Persian language has borrowed many loanwords from the Arabic language.
  

Similar To
Turkish Language   
Pashto and Balochi Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Arabic Language   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Mongolian-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Persian-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
35   
17
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
13   
10
6   
3

How Many Consonants
20   
10
23   
13

Scripts
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script   
Arabic   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Сайн уу (Sain uu)   
سلام   

Thank You
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)   
متشکرم   

How Are You?
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)   
چطور هستید?   

Good Night
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)   
شب بخیر   

Good Evening
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)   
عصر بخیر   

Good Afternoon
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)   
بعد از ظهر بخیر   

Good Morning
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)   
صبح به خیر   

Please
Хэрэв (Kherev)   
لطفا   

Sorry
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)   
متاسف   

Bye
Баяртай (Bayartai)   
خدا حافظ   

I Love You
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)   
من شما را دوست دارم   

Excuse Me
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)   
ببخشيد!   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Khalkha Mongolian   
Western Persian   

Where They Speak
Mongolia   
Iran, Iraq   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
47,000,000.00   
7

Dialect 2
Ordos Mongolian   
Dari Persian   

Where They Speak
Mongolia   
Afganistan   

How Many People Speak
123,000.00   
34
12,500,000.00   
7

Dialect 3
Khorchin Mongolian   
Tajik Persian   

Where They Speak
Mongolia   
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
7,900,000.00   
6

Total No. Of Dialects
8   
8
12   
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
5.70 million   
99+
65.00 million   
26

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.99 %   
20

Native Speakers
5.70 million   
99+
65.00 million   
17

Native Name
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)   
فارسی   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian   

French Name
mongol   
persan   

German Name
Mongolisch   
Persisch   

Pronunciation
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/   
[fɒːɾˈsiː]   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Persian people   

History

Origin
1224-1225   
1500 BC   

Language Family
Mongolic family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Mongolian   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Iranian   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian   
Old Persian and Middle Persian   

Standard Forms
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian   
Persian   

Language Position
Not Available   
23   
19

Signed Forms
Mongolian Sign Language   
Persian Sign Language   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
mn   
fa   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mon   
fas   

ISO 639 2/B
mon   
per   

ISO 639 3
mon   
pes   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
mong1331   
fars1254   

Linguasphere
part of 44-BAA-b   
58-AAC-c   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Synthetic   

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All Mongolian and Persian Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Mongolian and Persian dialects. Various dialects of Mongolian and Persian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Mongolian are spoken in different Mongolian Speaking Countries whereas Persian Dialects are spoken in different Persian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Mongolian vs Persian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Mongolian dialects include: Khalkha Mongolian, Ordos Mongolian. Persian dialects include: Western Persian , Dari Persian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Mongolian and Persian Speaking population

Mongolian and Persian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Mongolian and Persian languages can be compared. The total count of Mongolian and Persian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Mongolian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Persian language is 0.99 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Mongolian and Persian on Mongolian vs Persian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Mongolian and Persian Language Codes

Mongolian and Persian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Mongolian and Persian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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