Countries
China, Mongolia
  
Vietnam
  
National Language
China, Mongolia
  
Vietnam
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Czech Republic
  
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 vocabulary of Vietnamese language is influenced by Chinese Language.
- The only language in East Asia that uses the Latin alphabet is Vietnamese.
  
Similar To
Turkish Language
  
Chinese Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Chinese Language
  
Alphabets in
Mongolian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Vietnamese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Сайн уу (Sain uu)
  
Xin chào
  
Thank You
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)
  
Cam on
  
How Are You?
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)
  
Bạn khỏe không?
  
Good Night
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)
  
Chúc ngủ ngon
  
Good Evening
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)
  
Chào buổi tối
  
Good Afternoon
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)
  
Chào buổi trưa
  
Good Morning
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)
  
Chào buổi sáng
  
Please
Хэрэв (Kherev)
  
xin vui lòng
  
Sorry
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)
  
Xin lỗi
  
Bye
Баяртай (Bayartai)
  
Tạm biệt
  
I Love You
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)
  
tôi yêu bạn
  
Excuse Me
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)
  
Xin loi
  
Dialect 1
Khalkha Mongolian
  
Northern Vietnamese
  
Where They Speak
Mongolia
  
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac
  
Dialect 2
Ordos Mongolian
  
North-central Vietnamese
  
Where They Speak
Mongolia
  
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Khorchin Mongolian
  
Mid-Central Vietnamese
  
Where They Speak
Mongolia
  
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien
  
How Many People Speak?
5.70 million
  
99+
91.00 million
  
16
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
5.70 million
  
99+
75.00 million
  
14
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
16.00 million
  
17
Native Name
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)
  
tiếng việt (㗂越)
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet
  
French Name
mongol
  
vietnamien
  
German Name
Mongolisch
  
Vietnamesisch
  
Pronunciation
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/
  
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern)
[tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Vietnamese (Kinh) people
  
Origin
1224-1225
  
c. 1440
  
Language Family
Mongolic family
  
Austroasiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Mongolian
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian
  
Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese
  
Standard Forms
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian
  
Standard Vietnamese
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Mongolian Sign Language
  
Vietnamese sign languages
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
mn
  
vi
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mon
  
vie
  
ISO 639 2/B
mon
  
vie
  
ISO 639 3
mon
  
vie
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mong1331
  
viet1252
  
Linguasphere
part of 44-BAA-b
  
46-EBA
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Analytic, Isolating