Countries
China, Mongolia
  
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
  
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 in
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Persian-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)
  
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!
  
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
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
How Many People Speak?
5.70 million
  
99+
65.00 million
  
26
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Mongolian Sign Language
  
Persian Sign Language
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
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