Countries
China, Mongolia
  
Philippines
  
National Language
China, Mongolia
  
Philippines
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Filipinos
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia, Australia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom
  
Regulated By
Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)
  
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee
  
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 1593, "Doctrina Christiana" was first book written in two versions of Tagalog.
- The name "Tagalog" means "native to" and "river". "Tagalog"is derived from taga ilog, which means "inhabitants of the river".
  
Similar To
Turkish Language
  
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Mongolian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Tagalog-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script
  
Baybayin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Сайн уу (Sain uu)
  
Kamusta
  
Thank You
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)
  
Salamat po
  
How Are You?
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)
  
Kamusta ka na?
  
Good Night
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)
  
Magandang gabi
  
Good Evening
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)
  
Magandang gabi po
  
Good Afternoon
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)
  
Magandang hapon po
  
Good Morning
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)
  
Magandang umaga po
  
Please
Хэрэв (Kherev)
  
pakiusap
  
Sorry
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)
  
pinagsisisihan
  
Bye
Баяртай (Bayartai)
  
Paálam
  
I Love You
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)
  
Iniibig kita
  
Excuse Me
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)
  
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako
  
Dialect 1
Khalkha Mongolian
  
Batangas Tagalog
  
Where They Speak
Mongolia
  
Batangas, Gabon
  
Dialect 2
Ordos Mongolian
  
Bisalog
  
Where They Speak
Mongolia
  
Philippines
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Khorchin Mongolian
  
Filipino
  
Where They Speak
Mongolia
  
Philippines
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
5.70 million
  
99+
73.00 million
  
24
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
5.70 million
  
99+
28.00 million
  
29
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
45.00 million
  
13
Native Name
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)
  
Tagalog
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Filipino, Pilipino
  
French Name
mongol
  
tagalog
  
German Name
Mongolisch
  
Tagalog
  
Pronunciation
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/
  
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Tagalog people
  
Origin
1224-1225
  
1593
  
Language Family
Mongolic family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Mongolian
  
Indonesian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian
  
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog
  
Standard Forms
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian
  
Filipino
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Mongolian Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
mn
  
t1
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mon
  
tgl
  
ISO 639 2/B
mon
  
tgl
  
ISO 639 3
mon
  
tg1
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mong1331
  
taga1269
  
Linguasphere
part of 44-BAA-b
  
31-CKA
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Object-Verb-Subject, Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Object-Subject, Verb-Subject-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available