Home
Languagevs


Mongolian vs Lithuanian


Lithuanian vs Mongolian


Countries

Countries
China, Mongolia  
European Union, Lithuania  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
China, Mongolia  
Lithuania  

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  
Poland  

Regulated By
Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)  
Commission of the Lithuanian 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.
  
  • Lithuanian has many loanwords that originate from Slavic, Germanic and other Baltic languages.
  • "Catheciusmus" is the oldest known book in Lithuanian language in 1547.
  

Similar To
Turkish Language  
Latvian  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Mongolian-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Lithuanian-Alpahbets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
35  
17
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
13  
10
12  
9

How Many Consonants
20  
10
20  
10

Scripts
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Сайн уу (Sain uu)  
Sveiki  

Thank You
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)  
Ačiū  

How Are You?
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)  
Kaip sekasi?  

Good Night
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)  
Labanakt  

Good Evening
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)  
Labas vakaras  

Good Afternoon
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)  
Laba diena  

Good Morning
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)  
Labas rytas  

Please
Хэрэв (Kherev)  
Prašom  

Sorry
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)  
atsiprašau  

Bye
Баяртай (Bayartai)  
Ate  

I Love You
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)  
Aš myliu tave  

Excuse Me
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)  
Atsiprašau  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Khalkha Mongolian  
Samogitian  

Where They Speak
Mongolia  
Lithuania  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
500,000.00  
34

Dialect 2
Ordos Mongolian  
Aukštaitian  

Where They Speak
Mongolia  
Lithuania  

How Many People Speak
123,000.00  
34
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Khorchin Mongolian  
Curonian  

Where They Speak
Mongolia  
Lithuania  

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
10  
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
5.70 million  
99+
3.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
5.70 million  
99+
3.00 million  
99+

Native Name
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)  
lietuvių kalba  

Alternative Names
Not Available  
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy  

French Name
mongol  
lituanien  

German Name
Mongolisch  
Litauisch  

Pronunciation
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Lithuanians  

History

Origin
1224-1225  
c. 1503  

Language Family
Mongolic family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Mongolian  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Baltic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian  
Lithuanian  

Signed Forms
Mongolian Sign Language  
Lithuanian Sign Language  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
mn  
lt  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mon  
lit  

ISO 639 2/B
mon  
lit  

ISO 639 3
mon  
lit  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
mong1331  
lith1251  

Linguasphere
part of 44-BAA-b  
54-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Synthetic  

Countries >>
<< All

Mongolian and Lithuanian Language History

Comparison of Mongolian vs Lithuanian language history gives us differences between origin of Mongolian and Lithuanian language. History of Mongolian language states that this language originated in 1224-1225 whereas history of Lithuanian language states that this language originated in c. 1503. 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 Lithuanian Language History.

Compare Best Languages to Learn

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

Mongolian vs Lithuanian Difficulty

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

Best Languages to Learn

Best Languages to Learn

» More Best Languages to Learn

Compare Best Languages to Learn

» More Compare Best Languages to Learn