Countries
China, Mongolia
  
China, Kazakhstan, Russia
  
National Language
China, Mongolia
  
Gambia, Kazakhstan
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Afganistan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, People's Republic of China, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
  
Regulated By
Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)
  
Kazakh language agency
  
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 Kazakh language can be written using a variety of scripts.
- Kazakh Language contains many words from Russian, Arabic, Mongol, Persian and other Turkic languages.
  
Similar To
Turkish Language
  
Turkish and Uzbek Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Mongolian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Kazakh-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script
  
Arabic, Cyrillic
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Сайн уу (Sain uu)
  
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)
  
Thank You
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)
  
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)
  
How Are You?
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)
  
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)
  
Good Night
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)
  
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)
  
Good Evening
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)
  
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)
  
Good Afternoon
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)
  
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)
  
Good Morning
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)
  
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)
  
Please
Хэрэв (Kherev)
  
өтінемін (ötinemin)
  
Sorry
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)
  
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)
  
Bye
Баяртай (Bayartai)
  
bye
  
I Love You
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)
  
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)
  
Excuse Me
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)
  
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)
  
Dialect 1
Khalkha Mongolian
  
Northeastern Kazakh
  
Where They Speak
Mongolia
  
Kazakhstan
  
Dialect 2
Ordos Mongolian
  
Southern Kazakh
  
Where They Speak
Mongolia
  
Kazakhstan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Khorchin Mongolian
  
Western Kazakh
  
Where They Speak
Mongolia
  
Kazakhstan
  
How Many People Speak?
5.70 million
  
99+
11.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
5.70 million
  
99+
11.00 million
  
99+
Native Name
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)
  
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq
  
French Name
mongol
  
kazakh
  
German Name
Mongolisch
  
Kasachisch
  
Pronunciation
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/
  
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Kazahks
  
Origin
1224-1225
  
17th Century
  
Language Family
Mongolic family
  
Turkic Family
  
Subgroup
Mongolian
  
Turkic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Northwestern (Kipchak)
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian
  
Kazakh
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Mongolian Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
mn
  
kk
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mon
  
kaz
  
ISO 639 2/B
mon
  
kaz
  
ISO 639 3
mon
  
kaz
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mong1331
  
kaza1248
  
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
  
Agglutinative
  
Mongolian and Kazakh 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 Kazakh greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Mongolian and Kazakh language. Mongolian word for "Hello" is Сайн уу (Sain uu) or Kazakh word for "Thank You" is Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge). Find more of such common Mongolian Greetings and Kazakh Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Mongolian vs Kazakh Difficulty
The Mongolian vs Kazakh difficulty level basically depends on the number of Mongolian Alphabets and Kazakh 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 Kazakh are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Mongolian and Kazakh, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Mongolian is 44 weeks while to learn Kazakh time required is 44 weeks.