Countries
China, Mongolia
  
Bhutan
  
National Language
China, Mongolia
  
Bhutan
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
India
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
India
  
Regulated By
Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)
  
Dzongkha Development Commission
  
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.
  
- Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
  
Similar To
Turkish Language
  
Sikkimese Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Tibetan Language
  
Alphabets in
Mongolian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Dzongkha-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script
  
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Сайн уу (Sain uu)
  
Kuzoozangpo La
  
Thank You
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)
  
Kaadinchhey La
  
How Are You?
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)
  
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?
  
Good Night
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)
  
lek shom ay zim
  
Good Evening
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)
  
Not Available
  
Good Afternoon
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)
  
Not Available
  
Good Morning
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)
  
Not Available
  
Please
Хэрэв (Kherev)
  
Not Available
  
Sorry
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)
  
Tsip maza
  
Bye
Баяртай (Bayartai)
  
Log Jay Gay
  
I Love You
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)
  
Nga cheu lu ga
  
Excuse Me
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)
  
Tsip maza
  
Dialect 1
Khalkha Mongolian
  
Laya
  
Where They Speak
Mongolia
  
Bhutan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Ordos Mongolian
  
Lunana
  
Where They Speak
Mongolia
  
Bhutan
  
Dialect 3
Khorchin Mongolian
  
Adap
  
Where They Speak
Mongolia
  
Bhutan
  
Total No. Of Dialects
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
5.70 million
  
99+
0.64 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
5.70 million
  
99+
0.17 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
0.47 million
  
37
Native Name
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)
  
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar
  
French Name
mongol
  
dzongkha
  
German Name
Mongolisch
  
Dzongkha
  
Pronunciation
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/
  
Not available
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Ngalop people
  
Origin
1224-1225
  
17th Century
  
Language Family
Mongolic family
  
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Subgroup
Mongolian
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Tibeto-Burman
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian
  
Dzongkha
  
Signed Forms
Mongolian Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
mn
  
dz
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mon
  
dzo
  
ISO 639 2/B
mon
  
dzo
  
ISO 639 3
mon
  
dzo
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mong1331
  
nucl1307
  
Linguasphere
part of 44-BAA-b
  
No data Available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Mongolian and Dzongkha 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 Dzongkha greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Mongolian and Dzongkha language. Mongolian word for "Hello" is Сайн уу (Sain uu) or Dzongkha word for "Thank You" is Kaadinchhey La. Find more of such common Mongolian Greetings and Dzongkha Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Mongolian vs Dzongkha Difficulty
The Mongolian vs Dzongkha difficulty level basically depends on the number of Mongolian Alphabets and Dzongkha 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 Dzongkha are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Mongolian and Dzongkha, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Mongolian is 44 weeks while to learn Dzongkha time required is Not Available.