Countries
China, Mongolia
  
West Java
  
National Language
China, Mongolia
  
Indonesia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
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)
  
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.
  
- The Sundanese language is second most widely spoken regional language in Indonesia.
  
Similar To
Turkish Language
  
Madurese and Malay Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Mongolian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Sundanese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Alphabets
Not Available
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script
  
Latin, Sundanese
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Сайн уу (Sain uu)
  
Halo
  
Thank You
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)
  
Nuhun
  
How Are You?
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)
  
Kumaha kabarna?
  
Good Night
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)
  
Wilujeng kulem
  
Good Evening
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)
  
Wilujeng wengi
  
Good Afternoon
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)
  
Wilujeng siang
  
Good Morning
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)
  
Wilujeng énjing
  
Please
Хэрэв (Kherev)
  
Mangga
  
Sorry
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)
  
Hapunten
  
Bye
Баяртай (Bayartai)
  
Wilujeng angkat
  
I Love You
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)
  
Abdi bogoh ka anjeun
  
Excuse Me
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)
  
Punten
  
Dialect 1
Khalkha Mongolian
  
Western dialect
  
Where They Speak
Mongolia
  
Banten
  
Dialect 2
Ordos Mongolian
  
Northern dialect
  
Where They Speak
Mongolia
  
Bogor
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Khorchin Mongolian
  
Priangan dialect
  
Where They Speak
Mongolia
  
Bandung
  
How Many People Speak?
5.70 million
  
99+
39.00 million
  
32
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
5.70 million
  
99+
38.00 million
  
26
Native Name
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)
  
Not Available
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Priangan, Sunda
  
French Name
mongol
  
soundanais
  
German Name
Mongolisch
  
Sundanesisch
  
Pronunciation
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Sundanese, Bantenese, Cirebonese, Badui
  
Origin
1224-1225
  
5th century AD
  
Language Family
Mongolic family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Mongolian
  
Indonesian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian
  
Sundanese
  
Signed Forms
Mongolian Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
mn
  
su
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mon
  
sun
  
ISO 639 2/B
mon
  
sun
  
ISO 639 3
mon
  
sun
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mong1331
  
sund1251
  
Linguasphere
part of 44-BAA-b
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available