Countries
China, Mongolia
  
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
  
National Language
China, Mongolia
  
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa, Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)
  
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International 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.
  
- Arabic is 5th common language in world.
- Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
  
Similar To
Turkish Language
  
Amharic and Hebrew
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Mongolian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Arabic.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script
  
Arabic
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Сайн уу (Sain uu)
  
مرحبا
  
Thank You
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)
  
شكرا
  
How Are You?
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)
  
كيف حالك؟
  
Good Night
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)
  
تصبح على خير
  
Good Evening
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)
  
مساء الخير
  
Good Afternoon
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)
  
مساء الخير
  
Good Morning
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)
  
صباح الخير
  
Please
Хэрэв (Kherev)
  
من فضلك
  
Sorry
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)
  
آسف
  
Bye
Баяртай (Bayartai)
  
وداعا
  
I Love You
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)
  
أحبك
  
Excuse Me
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)
  
اعذرني
  
Dialect 1
Khalkha Mongolian
  
Maghrebi
  
Where They Speak
Mongolia
  
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia
  
Dialect 2
Ordos Mongolian
  
Sudanese
  
Where They Speak
Mongolia
  
Sudan
  
How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00
  
6
Dialect 3
Khorchin Mongolian
  
Levantine
  
Where They Speak
Mongolia
  
Cyprus, Levant
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
21,000,000.00
  
3
How Many People Speak?
5.70 million
  
99+
452.00 million
  
4
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
5.70 million
  
99+
206.00 million
  
6
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
246.00 million
  
2
Native Name
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)
  
(al arabiya) العربية
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic
  
French Name
mongol
  
arabe
  
German Name
Mongolisch
  
Arabisch
  
Pronunciation
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/
  
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Arabs
  
Origin
1224-1225
  
512 CE
  
Language Family
Mongolic family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family
  
Subgroup
Mongolian
  
Semitic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
North Arabic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian
  
Modern Standard Arabic
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Mongolian Sign Language
  
Signed Arabic
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
mn
  
ar
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mon
  
ara
  
ISO 639 2/B
mon
  
ara
  
ISO 639 3
mon
  
ara
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mong1331
  
arab1395
  
Linguasphere
part of 44-BAA-b
  
12-AAC
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Mongolian and Arabic Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Mongolian and Arabic greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Mongolian and Arabic language. Mongolian word for "Hello" is Сайн уу (Sain uu) or Arabic word for "Thank You" is شكرا. Find more of such common Mongolian Greetings and Arabic Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Mongolian vs Arabic Difficulty
The Mongolian vs Arabic difficulty level basically depends on the number of Mongolian Alphabets and Arabic Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Mongolian and Arabic are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Mongolian and Arabic, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Mongolian is 44 weeks while to learn Arabic time required is 88 weeks.