Countries
China, Mongolia
  
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine
  
National Language
China, Mongolia
  
Moldova, Romania
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Kazakhstan, Russia
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)
  
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li
  
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.
  
- Romanian language has distinct type of grammar and phonology compared to other Romance languages.
- The earliest text of Romance language was found in the year 1521.
  
Similar To
Turkish Language
  
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
Mongolian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Romanian.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)
  
alo
  
Thank You
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)
  
multumesc
  
How Are You?
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)
  
ce mai faci?
  
Good Night
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)
  
noapte Buna
  
Good Evening
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)
  
buna Seara
  
Good Afternoon
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)
  
buna Ziua
  
Good Morning
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)
  
bună Dimineața
  
Please
Хэрэв (Kherev)
  
Vă Rog
  
Sorry
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)
  
scuze
  
Bye
Баяртай (Bayartai)
  
La revedere
  
I Love You
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)
  
Te iubesc
  
Excuse Me
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)
  
Scuza-Ma
  
Dialect 1
Khalkha Mongolian
  
Aromanian
  
Where They Speak
Mongolia
  
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Ordos Mongolian
  
Megleno-Romanian
  
Where They Speak
Mongolia
  
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey
  
Dialect 3
Khorchin Mongolian
  
Istro-Romanian
  
Where They Speak
Mongolia
  
Croatia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
5.70 million
  
99+
28.00 million
  
38
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
5.70 million
  
99+
24.00 million
  
33
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
4.00 million
  
30
Native Name
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)
  
Română
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian
  
French Name
mongol
  
roumain; moldave
  
German Name
Mongolisch
  
Rumänisch
  
Pronunciation
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/
  
[roˈmɨnə]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Romanians
  
Origin
1224-1225
  
1521
  
Language Family
Mongolic family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Mongolian
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian
  
Proto-Romanian
  
Standard Forms
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian
  
Romanian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Mongolian Sign Language
  
Romanian Sign Language
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
mn
  
ro
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mon
  
ron
  
ISO 639 2/B
mon
  
rum
  
ISO 639 3
mon
  
ron
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mong1331
  
roma1327
  
Linguasphere
part of 44-BAA-b
  
51-AAD-c
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Synthetic