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Mongolian and Sinhalese


Sinhalese and Mongolian


Countries

Countries
China, Mongolia   
Sri Lanka   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
China, Mongolia   
Sri Lanka   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Sri Lanka   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)   
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)   

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 Sinhalese language, there are many loanwords from Dravidian languages mainly Tamil, Portuguese, Dutch and English.
  • Sinhalese language has it own script/ writing system.
  

Similar To
Turkish Language   
Maldivian Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
35   
17
54   
33

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
13   
10
18   
15

How Many Consonants
20   
10
36   
26

Scripts
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script   
Sinhala alphabet   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
2   
1

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Сайн уу (Sain uu)   
හලෝ (halō)   

Thank You
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)   
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)   

How Are You?
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)   
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)   

Good Night
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)   
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)   

Good Evening
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)   
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)   

Good Afternoon
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)   
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)   

Good Morning
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)   
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)   

Please
Хэрэв (Kherev)   
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)   

Sorry
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)   
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)   

Bye
Баяртай (Bayartai)   
බායි (bāyi)   

I Love You
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)   
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)   

Excuse Me
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)   
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Khalkha Mongolian   
Vedda   

Where They Speak
Mongolia   
Sri Lanka   

Dialect 2
Ordos Mongolian   
Not Available   

Where They Speak
Mongolia   
Not Available   

How Many People Speak
123,000.00   
34
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Khorchin Mongolian   
Not Available   

Where They Speak
Mongolia   
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
8   
8
1   
1

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
5.70 million   
99+
16.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.25 %   
99+

Native Speakers
5.70 million   
99+
16.00 million   
39

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
2.00 million   
34

Native Name
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)   
සිංහල (sĩhala)   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala   

French Name
mongol   
singhalais   

German Name
Mongolisch   
Singhalesisch   

Pronunciation
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Sinhalese people   

History

Origin
1224-1225   
3   

Language Family
Mongolic family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Mongolian   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian   
Sinhalese Prakrit   

Standard Forms
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian   
Modern Sinhalese   

Language Position
Not Available   
70   
99+

Signed Forms
Mongolian Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
mn   
si   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mon   
sin   

ISO 639 2/B
mon   
sin   

ISO 639 3
mon   
sin   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
mong1331   
sinh1246   

Linguasphere
part of 44-BAA-b   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Fusional   

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All Mongolian and Sinhalese 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 Sinhalese dialects. Various dialects of Mongolian and Sinhalese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Mongolian are spoken in different Mongolian Speaking Countries whereas Sinhalese Dialects are spoken in different Sinhalese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Mongolian vs Sinhalese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Mongolian dialects include: Khalkha Mongolian, Ordos Mongolian. Sinhalese dialects include: Vedda , Not Available. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Mongolian and Sinhalese Speaking population

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Mongolian and Sinhalese Language Codes

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