Countries
China, Mongolia
  
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre
  
National Language
China, Mongolia
  
France, Spain
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia, Europe
  
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)
  
Euskaltzaindia, 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.
  
- The Basque language is the oldest European language.
- Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
  
Similar To
Turkish Language
  
Spanish
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Mongolian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Basque-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)
  
Kaixo
  
Thank You
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)
  
Eskerrik asko
  
How Are You?
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)
  
Zer moduz?
  
Good Night
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)
  
Gabon
  
Good Evening
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)
  
Arratsalde on
  
Good Afternoon
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)
  
Arratsalde on
  
Good Morning
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)
  
Egun on
  
Please
Хэрэв (Kherev)
  
Mesedez
  
Sorry
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)
  
Barkatu
  
Bye
Баяртай (Bayartai)
  
Agur
  
I Love You
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)
  
Maite zaitut
  
Excuse Me
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)
  
Barkatu
  
Dialect 1
Khalkha Mongolian
  
Navarro-Lapurdian
  
Where They Speak
Mongolia
  
France
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Ordos Mongolian
  
Souletin
  
Where They Speak
Mongolia
  
France, Soule, Spain
  
Dialect 3
Khorchin Mongolian
  
Biscayan
  
Where They Speak
Mongolia
  
Spain
  
How Many People Speak?
5.70 million
  
99+
7.20 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
5.70 million
  
99+
7.20 million
  
99+
Native Name
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)
  
Not available
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense
  
French Name
mongol
  
basque
  
German Name
Mongolisch
  
Baskisch
  
Pronunciation
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Basque people
  
Origin
1224-1225
  
c. 1000
  
Language Family
Mongolic family
  
Vasconic Family
  
Subgroup
Mongolian
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian
  
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian
  
Standard Forms
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian
  
Basque
  
Signed Forms
Mongolian Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 1
mn
  
eu
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mon
  
eus
  
ISO 639 2/B
mon
  
baq
  
ISO 639 3
mon
  
eus
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mong1331
  
basq1248
  
Linguasphere
part of 44-BAA-b
  
40-AAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Agglutinative
  
Mongolian and Basque 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 Basque greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Mongolian and Basque language. Mongolian word for "Hello" is Сайн уу (Sain uu) or Basque word for "Thank You" is Eskerrik asko. Find more of such common Mongolian Greetings and Basque Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Mongolian vs Basque Difficulty
The Mongolian vs Basque difficulty level basically depends on the number of Mongolian Alphabets and Basque 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 Basque are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Mongolian and Basque, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Mongolian is 44 weeks while to learn Basque time required is 88 weeks.