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Mongolian and Uyghur


Uyghur and Mongolian


Countries

Countries
China, Mongolia   
China   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
China, Mongolia   
China   

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   
Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan   

Regulated By
Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)   
Working Committee of Ethnic Language and Writing of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region   

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.
  
  • Uyghur language has large quantity of loan words from Persian, Russian and Chinese.
  • Uyghur was originally written with the Orkhon Alphabets.
  

Similar To
Turkish Language   
Uzbek Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Gokturk Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
35   
17
36   
18

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
13   
10
9   
6

How Many Consonants
20   
10
27   
17

Scripts
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script   
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Vertical, Top-To-Bottom   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Сайн уу (Sain uu)   
Ässalamu läykum.   

Thank You
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)   
rakhmat   

How Are You?
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)   
Yakshimasiz? / Qandaq ahwalingiz?   

Good Night
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)   
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun   

Good Evening
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)   
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun!   

Good Afternoon
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)   
Not Available   

Good Morning
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)   
Atiganlikingz khayrilik bolsun!   

Please
Хэрэв (Kherev)   
birdam   

Sorry
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)   
kachurung   

Bye
Баяртай (Bayartai)   
Khayr khosh   

I Love You
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)   
sizni yahshi kOrman   

Excuse Me
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)   
Kachurung   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Khalkha Mongolian   
Turpan   

Where They Speak
Mongolia   
China   

Dialect 2
Ordos Mongolian   
Hotan   

Where They Speak
Mongolia   
China   

How Many People Speak
123,000.00   
34
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Khorchin Mongolian   
Lop Nur   

Where They Speak
Mongolia   
China   

Total No. Of Dialects
8   
8
7   
7

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.12 %   
99+

Native Speakers
5.70 million   
99+
8.20 million   
99+

Native Name
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)   
Уйғур /ئۇيغۇر (ujġgur / uyghur)   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Uighuir, Uighur, Uiguir, Uigur, Uygur, Weiwu’er, Wiga   

French Name
mongol   
ouïgour   

German Name
Mongolisch   
Uigurisch   

Pronunciation
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/   
[ʊjʁʊrˈtʃɛ], [ʊjˈʁʊr tili]   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Uyghur   

History

Origin
1224-1225   
11   

Language Family
Mongolic family   
Turkic Family   

Subgroup
Mongolian   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian   
Karakhanid, Chagatai, Eastern Turki   

Standard Forms
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian   
Uyghur   

Language Position
Not Available   
98   
99+

Signed Forms
Mongolian Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Not Available   

Code

ISO 639 1
mn   
ug   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mon   
uig   

ISO 639 2/B
mon   
uig   

ISO 639 3
mon   
uig   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
mong1331   
uigh1240   

Linguasphere
part of 44-BAA-b   
No data Available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Not Available   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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All Mongolian and Uyghur 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 Uyghur dialects. Various dialects of Mongolian and Uyghur language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Mongolian are spoken in different Mongolian Speaking Countries whereas Uyghur Dialects are spoken in different Uyghur speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Mongolian vs Uyghur Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Mongolian dialects include: Khalkha Mongolian, Ordos Mongolian. Uyghur dialects include: Turpan , Hotan. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Mongolian and Uyghur Speaking population

Mongolian and Uyghur speaking population is one of the factors based on which Mongolian and Uyghur languages can be compared. The total count of Mongolian and Uyghur Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Mongolian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Uyghur language is 0.12 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Mongolian and Uyghur on Mongolian vs Uyghur where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Mongolian and Uyghur Language Codes

Mongolian and Uyghur language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Mongolian and Uyghur Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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