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Russian and Mongolian


Countries

Countries
China, Mongolia   
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
4   
11

National Language
China, Mongolia   
Russia   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Afganistan   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan   

Regulated By
Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)   
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences   

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 Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
  • In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
  

Similar To
Turkish Language   
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
35   
17
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
13   
10
10   
7

How Many Consonants
20   
10
21   
11

Scripts
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script   
Cyrillic   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, 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)   
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)   

Thank You
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)   
спасибо(spasibo)   

How Are You?
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)   
Как дела? (Kak dela?)   

Good Night
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)   
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)   

Good Evening
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)   
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)   

Good Afternoon
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)   
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')   

Good Morning
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)   
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)   

Please
Хэрэв (Kherev)   
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)   

Sorry
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)   
Извините(Izvinite)   

Bye
Баяртай (Bayartai)   
до свидания(do svidaniya)   

I Love You
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)   
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)   

Excuse Me
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)   
извините(izvinite)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Khalkha Mongolian   
Doukhobor Russian   

Where They Speak
Mongolia   
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
30,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Ordos Mongolian   
Olonets   

Where They Speak
Mongolia   
Olonets   

How Many People Speak
123,000.00   
34
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Khorchin Mongolian   
Novgorod   

Where They Speak
Mongolia   
Novgorod   

Total No. Of Dialects
8   
8
13   
13

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
5.70 million   
99+
276.00 million   
6

Speaking Population
Not Available   
2.33 %   
9

Native Speakers
5.70 million   
99+
166.00 million   
8

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
110.00 million   
7

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

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Russki   

French Name
mongol   
russe   

German Name
Mongolisch   
Russisch   

Pronunciation
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/   
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Russians   

History

Origin
1224-1225   
1000 AD   

Language Family
Mongolic family   
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family   

Subgroup
Mongolian   
Slavic   

Branch
Not Available   
Eastern   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian   
Old East Slavic   

Standard Forms
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian   
Standard Russian   

Language Position
Not Available   
7   
7

Signed Forms
Mongolian Sign Language   
Signed Russian   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
mn   
ru   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mon   
rus   

ISO 639 2/B
mon   
rus   

ISO 639 3
mon   
rus   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
mong1331   
russ1263   

Linguasphere
part of 44-BAA-b   
53-AAA-ea   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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All Mongolian and Russian 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 Russian dialects. Various dialects of Mongolian and Russian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Mongolian are spoken in different Mongolian Speaking Countries whereas Russian Dialects are spoken in different Russian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Mongolian vs Russian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Mongolian dialects include: Khalkha Mongolian, Ordos Mongolian. Russian dialects include: Doukhobor Russian , Olonets. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Mongolian and Russian Speaking population

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Mongolian and Russian Language Codes

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