Countries
China, Mongolia
  
European Union, Ireland
  
National Language
China, Mongolia
  
Ireland
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Ireland
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
United Kingdom
  
Regulated By
Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)
  
Foras na Gaeilge
  
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.
  
- In Irish language, there are no exact words for "yes" or "no".
- There are different set of numbers for counting humans and another set for counting non-humans in Irish Language.
  
Similar To
Turkish Language
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Сайн уу (Sain uu)
  
Dia dhuit
  
Thank You
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)
  
Go raibh maith agat
  
How Are You?
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)
  
Conas atá tú ?
  
Good Night
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)
  
Oíche mhaith
  
Good Evening
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)
  
Tráthnóna maith duit
  
Good Afternoon
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)
  
Tráthnóna maith duit
  
Good Morning
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)
  
Dia dhuit ar maidin
  
Please
Хэрэв (Kherev)
  
le do thoil
  
Sorry
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)
  
Tá brón orm
  
Bye
Баяртай (Bayartai)
  
Slán
  
I Love You
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)
  
Is breá liom thú
  
Excuse Me
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)
  
Gabh mo leithscéal
  
Dialect 1
Khalkha Mongolian
  
Connacht Irish
  
Where They Speak
Mongolia
  
Connacht
  
Dialect 2
Ordos Mongolian
  
Munster Irish
  
Where They Speak
Mongolia
  
Munster
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Khorchin Mongolian
  
Ulster Irish
  
Where They Speak
Mongolia
  
Ulster
  
How Many People Speak?
5.70 million
  
99+
1.79 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
5.70 million
  
99+
0.14 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
1.65 million
  
35
Native Name
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)
  
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish
  
French Name
mongol
  
irlandais moyen
  
German Name
Mongolisch
  
Mittelirisch
  
Pronunciation
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/
  
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Irish people
  
Origin
1224-1225
  
c. 750
  
Language Family
Mongolic family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Mongolian
  
Celtic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Goidelic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian
  
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish
  
Standard Forms
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian
  
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil
  
Signed Forms
Mongolian Sign Language
  
Irish Sign Language
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
mn
  
ga
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mon
  
gle
  
ISO 639 2/B
mon
  
gle
  
ISO 639 3
mon
  
gle
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mong1331
  
iris1253
  
Linguasphere
part of 44-BAA-b
  
50-AAA
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Verb-Subject-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional
  
Mongolian and Irish 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 Irish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Mongolian and Irish language. Mongolian word for "Hello" is Сайн уу (Sain uu) or Irish word for "Thank You" is Go raibh maith agat. Find more of such common Mongolian Greetings and Irish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Mongolian vs Irish Difficulty
The Mongolian vs Irish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Mongolian Alphabets and Irish 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 Irish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Mongolian and Irish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Mongolian is 44 weeks while to learn Irish time required is 36 weeks.