Countries
China, Mongolia
  
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
  
National Language
China, Mongolia
  
Portugal
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
United States of America
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)
  
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
  
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.
  
- Portuguese language has absorbed many words from French, Italian, Arabic and also from indigenous South American and African languages.
- The first written document in Portuguese language was found in the 12th century.
  
Similar To
Turkish Language
  
Spanish and Galician Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
Mongolian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Portuguese-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)
  
Olá
  
Thank You
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)
  
obrigado
  
How Are You?
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)
  
Como você está?
  
Good Night
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)
  
boa noite
  
Good Evening
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)
  
boa Noite
  
Good Afternoon
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)
  
boa Tarde
  
Good Morning
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)
  
bom Dia
  
Please
Хэрэв (Kherev)
  
Por Favor
  
Sorry
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)
  
pesaroso
  
Bye
Баяртай (Bayartai)
  
tchau
  
I Love You
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)
  
Eu te amo
  
Excuse Me
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)
  
desculpe me
  
Dialect 1
Khalkha Mongolian
  
Brazilian Portuguese
  
Where They Speak
Mongolia
  
Brazil
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
204,000,000.00
  
4
Dialect 2
Ordos Mongolian
  
European Portuguese
  
Where They Speak
Mongolia
  
Portugal
  
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00
  
9
Dialect 3
Khorchin Mongolian
  
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
  
Where They Speak
Mongolia
  
Daman and Diu
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
5.70 million
  
99+
231.00 million
  
7
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
5.70 million
  
99+
216.00 million
  
5
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
15.00 million
  
18
Native Name
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)
  
Português
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Português
  
French Name
mongol
  
portugais
  
German Name
Mongolisch
  
Portugiesisch
  
Pronunciation
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/
  
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Portuguese people or portugueses
  
Origin
1224-1225
  
3rd Century
  
Language Family
Mongolic family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Mongolian
  
Romance
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian
  
Medieval Galician
  
Standard Forms
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian
  
Portuguese
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Mongolian Sign Language
  
Signed Portuguese
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
mn
  
pt
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mon
  
por
  
ISO 639 2/B
mon
  
por
  
ISO 639 3
mon
  
por
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mong1331
  
port1283
  
Linguasphere
part of 44-BAA-b
  
51-AAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available