Countries
China, Mongolia
  
India, Nepal
  
National Language
China, Mongolia
  
India, Nepal
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Nepal
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)
  
Not Available
  
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.
  
- Earlier, Maithili language was considered as the dialect of Hindi and Bengali, however in the year 2003 Maithili achieved an independent language status in India.
- Maithili has rich literature.
  
Similar To
Turkish Language
  
Bhojpuri Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Mongolian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Maithili-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
How Many Consonants
Not Available
  
Scripts
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Сайн уу (Sain uu)
  
pranam
  
Thank You
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)
  
dhanyabad
  
How Are You?
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)
  
Aahan kehan chhi ?
  
Good Night
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)
  
Śubharātri
  
Good Evening
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)
  
shubh sandhya
  
Good Afternoon
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)
  
dopahar ke bad namaskar
  
Good Morning
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)
  
Suprabhaat
  
Please
Хэрэв (Kherev)
  
kripaya
  
Sorry
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)
  
maf karai
  
Bye
Баяртай (Bayartai)
  
Alavidā
  
I Love You
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)
  
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi
  
Excuse Me
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)
  
kripaya
  
Dialect 1
Khalkha Mongolian
  
Tharuwat
  
Where They Speak
Mongolia
  
Nepal
  
Dialect 2
Ordos Mongolian
  
Madhubani
  
Where They Speak
Mongolia
  
North India
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Khorchin Mongolian
  
Khortha
  
Where They Speak
Mongolia
  
Deoghar, France
  
How Many People Speak?
5.70 million
  
99+
32.00 million
  
35
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
5.70 million
  
99+
27.00 million
  
30
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
2.80 million
  
33
Native Name
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)
  
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia
  
French Name
mongol
  
maithili
  
German Name
Mongolisch
  
Maithili
  
Pronunciation
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Maithil
  
Origin
1224-1225
  
14th century
  
Language Family
Mongolic family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Mongolian
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian
  
Standard Maithili
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Mongolian Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
mn
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mon
  
mai
  
ISO 639 2/B
mon
  
mai
  
ISO 639 3
mon
  
mai
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mong1331
  
mait1250
  
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
  
Not Available
  
Mongolian and Maithili 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 Maithili greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Mongolian and Maithili language. Mongolian word for "Hello" is Сайн уу (Sain uu) or Maithili word for "Thank You" is dhanyabad. Find more of such common Mongolian Greetings and Maithili Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Mongolian vs Maithili Difficulty
The Mongolian vs Maithili difficulty level basically depends on the number of Mongolian Alphabets and Maithili 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 Maithili are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Mongolian and Maithili, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Mongolian is 44 weeks while to learn Maithili time required is Not Available.