Countries
China, Mongolia
  
Estonia, European Union
  
National Language
China, Mongolia
  
Estonia, Gambia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Denmark, Russia, Sweden
  
Regulated By
Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)
  
Institute of the Estonian Language
  
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.
  
- Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
- Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
  
Similar To
Turkish Language
  
Finnish
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Estonian-Alphabets.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)
  
Tere
  
Thank You
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)
  
aitäh
  
How Are You?
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)
  
kuidas sul läheb
  
Good Night
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)
  
Head ööd
  
Good Evening
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)
  
Tere õhtust
  
Good Afternoon
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)
  
Tere päevast
  
Good Morning
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)
  
Tere hommikust
  
Please
Хэрэв (Kherev)
  
Palun
  
Sorry
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)
  
Vabandust
  
Bye
Баяртай (Bayartai)
  
Head aega
  
I Love You
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)
  
ma armastan sind
  
Excuse Me
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)
  
Vabandage
  
Dialect 1
Khalkha Mongolian
  
Keskmurre
  
Where They Speak
Mongolia
  
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia
  
Dialect 2
Ordos Mongolian
  
Tartu
  
Where They Speak
Mongolia
  
Georgia, South Estonia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Khorchin Mongolian
  
Idamurre
  
Where They Speak
Mongolia
  
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.
  
How Many People Speak?
5.70 million
  
99+
1.10 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
5.70 million
  
99+
0.95 million
  
99+
Native Name
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)
  
eesti keel
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Eesti keel
  
French Name
mongol
  
estonien
  
German Name
Mongolisch
  
Estnisch
  
Pronunciation
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Estonians
  
Origin
1224-1225
  
13th century
  
Language Family
Mongolic family
  
Uralic Family
  
Subgroup
Mongolian
  
Finno-Ugric
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Finnic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian
  
Estonian
  
Signed Forms
Mongolian Sign Language
  
Estonian Sign Language
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
mn
  
et
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mon
  
est
  
ISO 639 2/B
mon
  
est
  
ISO 639 3
mon
  
est
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mong1331
  
esto1258
  
Linguasphere
part of 44-BAA-b
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Agglutinative
  
Mongolian and Estonian 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 Estonian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Mongolian and Estonian language. Mongolian word for "Hello" is Сайн уу (Sain uu) or Estonian word for "Thank You" is aitäh. Find more of such common Mongolian Greetings and Estonian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Mongolian vs Estonian Difficulty
The Mongolian vs Estonian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Mongolian Alphabets and Estonian 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 Estonian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Mongolian and Estonian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Mongolian is 44 weeks while to learn Estonian time required is 44 weeks.