Countries
China, Mongolia
  
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden
  
National Language
China, Mongolia
  
Sweden
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Finland
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Antartica, Europe
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)
  
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council
  
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 Swedish language, article comes after noun.
- Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  
Similar To
Turkish Language
  
Norwegian and Danish Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Old Norse Language
  
Alphabets in
Mongolian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Swedish-Aphabets.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)
  
hej
  
Thank You
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)
  
tacka dig
  
How Are You?
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)
  
hur mår du
  
Good Night
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)
  
godnatt
  
Good Evening
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)
  
god kväll
  
Good Afternoon
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)
  
god eftermiddag
  
Good Morning
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)
  
god morgon
  
Please
Хэрэв (Kherev)
  
vänligen
  
Sorry
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)
  
ledsen
  
Bye
Баяртай (Bayartai)
  
hej då
  
I Love You
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)
  
jag älskar dig
  
Excuse Me
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)
  
ursäkta mig
  
Dialect 1
Khalkha Mongolian
  
Dialects
  
Where They Speak
Mongolia
  
Gabon
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
78,000,000.00
  
6
Dialect 2
Ordos Mongolian
  
Dialects
  
Where They Speak
Mongolia
  
Georgia
  
How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00
  
2
Dialect 3
Khorchin Mongolian
  
Dialects
  
Where They Speak
Mongolia
  
France
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
96,000,000.00
  
1
How Many People Speak?
5.70 million
  
99+
15.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
5.70 million
  
99+
8.70 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
5.00 million
  
29
Native Name
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)
  
Svenska
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Ruotsi, Svenska
  
French Name
mongol
  
suédois
  
German Name
Mongolisch
  
Schwedisch
  
Pronunciation
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/
  
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Swedes, Finland Swedes
  
Origin
1224-1225
  
13th Century
  
Language Family
Mongolic family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Mongolian
  
Germanic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Northern (Scandinavian)
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian
  
Old Swedish
  
Standard Forms
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian
  
Standard Swedish
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Mongolian Sign Language
  
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
mn
  
sv
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mon
  
swe
  
ISO 639 2/B
mon
  
swe
  
ISO 639 3
mon
  
swe
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mong1331
  
swed1254
  
Linguasphere
part of 44-BAA-b
  
52-AAA-ck to -cw
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available