Countries
China, Mongolia
  
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
  
National Language
China, Mongolia
  
Somalia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa, Middle East
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Yemen
  
Regulated By
Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)
  
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
  
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.
  
- Somali language is one of the best documented Afro-Asiatic languages.
- One of the most widely spoken of the Cushitic languages is the Somali Language.
  
Similar To
Turkish Language
  
Afar and Oromo Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Arabic Language
  
Alphabets in
Mongolian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Somali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script
  
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Сайн уу (Sain uu)
  
Hello
  
Thank You
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)
  
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
  
How Are You?
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)
  
Sidee tahay ?
  
Good Night
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)
  
Habeenka Good
  
Good Evening
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)
  
Evening Good
  
Good Afternoon
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)
  
galab wanaagsan
  
Good Morning
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)
  
Subax wanaagsan
  
Please
Хэрэв (Kherev)
  
Fadlan
  
Sorry
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)
  
sorry
  
Bye
Баяртай (Bayartai)
  
caraysiiyo
  
I Love You
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)
  
Waan ku jeclahay
  
Excuse Me
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)
  
iga raali ahow
  
Dialect 1
Khalkha Mongolian
  
Northern Somali
  
Where They Speak
Mongolia
  
Gabon, Standard Somali
  
Dialect 2
Ordos Mongolian
  
Benaadir
  
Where They Speak
Mongolia
  
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Khorchin Mongolian
  
Af-Ashraaf
  
Where They Speak
Mongolia
  
Standard Somali
  
How Many People Speak?
5.70 million
  
99+
13.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
5.70 million
  
99+
8.00 million
  
99+
Native Name
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)
  
af Soomaali
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
  
French Name
mongol
  
somali
  
German Name
Mongolisch
  
Somali
  
Pronunciation
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Somalis
  
Origin
1224-1225
  
19th century
  
Language Family
Mongolic family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Mongolian
  
Cushitic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian
  
Somali
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Mongolian Sign Language
  
Somali Sign Language
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
mn
  
so
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mon
  
som
  
ISO 639 2/B
mon
  
som
  
ISO 639 3
mon
  
som
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mong1331
  
soma1255
  
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
  
Not Available