Countries
China, Mongolia
  
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community
  
National Language
China, Mongolia
  
Andorra, France, Italy, Spain
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Spain
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Aragon, France, Italy, Spain
  
Regulated By
Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)
  
Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, 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.
  
- Catalan is 6th most largely spoken Romance language.
- Catalan went through a golden age in low middle ages, reaching a peak of maturity and cultural richness.
  
Similar To
Turkish Language
  
Spanish Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
Mongolian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Catalan-Alpahabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Сайн уу (Sain uu)
  
Hola
  
Thank You
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)
  
Gràcies
  
How Are You?
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)
  
Com estàs?
  
Good Night
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)
  
Bona nit
  
Good Evening
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)
  
Bona nit
  
Good Afternoon
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)
  
Bona tarda
  
Good Morning
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)
  
Bon dia
  
Please
Хэрэв (Kherev)
  
Sisplau
  
Sorry
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)
  
Perdó!
  
Bye
Баяртай (Bayartai)
  
Adéu
  
I Love You
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)
  
T'estimo
  
Excuse Me
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)
  
Dispensi!
  
Dialect 1
Khalkha Mongolian
  
Caló
  
Where They Speak
Mongolia
  
France, Portugal, Spain
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Ordos Mongolian
  
Valencian
  
Where They Speak
Mongolia
  
Spain
  
How Many People Speak
2,400,000.00
  
19
Dialect 3
Khorchin Mongolian
  
Ribagorçan
  
Where They Speak
Mongolia
  
Spain
  
How Many People Speak?
5.70 million
  
99+
9.20 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
5.70 million
  
99+
4.10 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
5.10 million
  
28
Native Name
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)
  
català
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian
  
French Name
mongol
  
catalan; valencien
  
German Name
Mongolisch
  
Katalanisch
  
Pronunciation
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/
  
[kətəˈɫa] (EC) ~ [kataˈɫa] (WC)
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Catalan people
  
Origin
1224-1225
  
c. 1028
  
Language Family
Mongolic family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Mongolian
  
Romance
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian
  
Old Catalan
  
Standard Forms
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian
  
Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian
  
Signed Forms
Mongolian Sign Language
  
Signed Catalan
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
mn
  
ca
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mon
  
cat
  
ISO 639 2/B
mon
  
cat
  
ISO 639 3
mon
  
cat
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mong1331
  
stan1289
  
Linguasphere
part of 44-BAA-b
  
51-AAA-e
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Mongolian and Catalan 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 Catalan greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Mongolian and Catalan language. Mongolian word for "Hello" is Сайн уу (Sain uu) or Catalan word for "Thank You" is Gràcies. Find more of such common Mongolian Greetings and Catalan Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Mongolian vs Catalan Difficulty
The Mongolian vs Catalan difficulty level basically depends on the number of Mongolian Alphabets and Catalan 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 Catalan are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Mongolian and Catalan, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Mongolian is 44 weeks while to learn Catalan time required is 24 weeks.