Countries
China, Mongolia
  
India, Pakistan
  
National Language
China, Mongolia
  
India, Pakistan
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Pakistan
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
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.
  
- Punjabi is 2nd most spoken in United Kingdom and 4th most spoken in Canada.
- Punjabi is tonal language, by using various tones Punjabi speakers are able to differentiate between words.
  
Similar To
Turkish Language
  
Hindi Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Mongolian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Punjabi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script
  
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Сайн уу (Sain uu)
  
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
  
Thank You
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)
  
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
  
How Are You?
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)
  
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
  
Good Night
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)
  
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
  
Good Evening
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)
  
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
  
Good Afternoon
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)
  
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
  
Good Morning
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)
  
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
  
Please
Хэрэв (Kherev)
  
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
  
Sorry
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)
  
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
  
Bye
Баяртай (Bayartai)
  
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
  
I Love You
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)
  
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
  
Excuse Me
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)
  
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
  
Dialect 1
Khalkha Mongolian
  
Pothohari
  
Where They Speak
Mongolia
  
Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
2,500,000.00
  
22
Dialect 2
Ordos Mongolian
  
Saraiki
  
Where They Speak
Mongolia
  
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
5
Dialect 3
Khorchin Mongolian
  
Doabi
  
Where They Speak
Mongolia
  
Pakistan, Punjab, India
  
How Many People Speak?
5.70 million
  
99+
154.30 million
  
12
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
5.70 million
  
99+
100.00 million
  
11
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
54.30 million
  
12
Native Name
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)
  
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
  
French Name
mongol
  
pendjabi
  
German Name
Mongolisch
  
Pandschabi-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/
  
Not Availble
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Punjabis
  
Origin
1224-1225
  
1000 AD
  
Language Family
Mongolic family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Mongolian
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian
  
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
  
Standard Forms
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian
  
Modern Punjabi
  
Signed Forms
Mongolian Sign Language
  
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 1
mn
  
pa
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mon
  
pan
  
ISO 639 2/B
mon
  
pan
  
ISO 639 3
mon
  
pan
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mong1331
  
panj1256
  
Linguasphere
part of 44-BAA-b
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional