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Mongolian vs Indonesian


Indonesian vs Mongolian


Countries

Countries
China, Mongolia  
Indonesia  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
China, Mongolia  
Indonesia  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
East Timor, Indonesia  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands  

Regulated By
Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)  
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa  

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 modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
  • In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
  

Similar To
Turkish Language  
Malay language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Malay and Dutch Languages  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Mongolian-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Indonesian-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
35  
17
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
13  
10
6  
3

How Many Consonants
20  
10
19  
9

Scripts
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
7  
6

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
36 weeks  
10

Greetings

Hello
Сайн уу (Sain uu)  
Halo  

Thank You
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)  
Terima kasih  

How Are You?
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)  
Apa kabar?  

Good Night
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)  
Selamat Malam  

Good Evening
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)  
Malam yang baik  

Good Afternoon
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)  
Selamat Sore  

Good Morning
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)  
Selamat Pagi  

Please
Хэрэв (Kherev)  
mohon Untuk  

Sorry
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)  
maaf  

Bye
Баяртай (Bayartai)  
Selamat tinggal  

I Love You
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)  
Aku cinta kamu  

Excuse Me
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)  
Permisi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Khalkha Mongolian  
Sundanese  

Where They Speak
Mongolia  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
38,000,000.00  
8

Dialect 2
Ordos Mongolian  
Balinese  

Where They Speak
Mongolia  
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida  

How Many People Speak
123,000.00  
34
3,300,000.00  
17

Dialect 3
Khorchin Mongolian  
Minangkabau  

Where They Speak
Mongolia  
Indonesia, Malaysia  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
6,000,000.00  
7

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
46  
30

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
5.70 million  
99+
163.00 million  
11

Speaking Population
Not Available  
1.16 %  
14

Native Speakers
5.70 million  
99+
23.00 million  
34

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
140.00 million  
4

Native Name
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)  
Bahasa Melayu  

Alternative Names
Not Available  
Bahasa Indonesia  

French Name
mongol  
indonésien  

German Name
Mongolisch  
Bahasa Indonesia  

Pronunciation
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Indonesians  

History

Origin
1224-1225  
7th Century  

Language Family
Mongolic family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
Mongolian  
Indonesian  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian  
Old Malay  

Standard Forms
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian  
Indonesian  

Language Position
Not Available  
56  
99+

Signed Forms
Mongolian Sign Language  
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
mn  
id  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mon  
ind  

ISO 639 2/B
mon  
ind  

ISO 639 3
mon  
ind  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
mong1331  
indo1316  

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  

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Mongolian and Indonesian Language History

Comparison of Mongolian vs Indonesian language history gives us differences between origin of Mongolian and Indonesian language. History of Mongolian language states that this language originated in 1224-1225 whereas history of Indonesian language states that this language originated in 7th Century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Mongolian and Indonesian Language History.

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Mongolian and Indonesian 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 Indonesian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Mongolian and Indonesian language. Mongolian word for "Hello" is Сайн уу (Sain uu) or Indonesian word for "Thank You" is Terima kasih. Find more of such common Mongolian Greetings and Indonesian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Mongolian vs Indonesian Difficulty

The Mongolian vs Indonesian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Mongolian Alphabets and Indonesian 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 Indonesian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Mongolian and Indonesian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Mongolian is 44 weeks while to learn Indonesian time required is 36 weeks.

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