Countries
China, Mongolia
  
China
  
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 in
Mongolian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Uyghur-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script
  
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Vertical, Top-To-Bottom
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
Dialect 1
Khalkha Mongolian
  
Turpan
  
Where They Speak
Mongolia
  
China
  
Dialect 2
Ordos Mongolian
  
Hotan
  
Where They Speak
Mongolia
  
China
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Khorchin Mongolian
  
Lop Nur
  
Where They Speak
Mongolia
  
China
  
How Many People Speak?
5.70 million
  
99+
10.40 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Mongolian Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Not Available
  
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