1 Countries
1.1 Countries
China, Mongolia
Afganistan
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
China, Mongolia
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Pakistan
1.7 Regulated By
Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
1.8 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.
- Pashto language is originated in the regions of Paktika and Paktia areas of Afghanistan.
- The first Pashto poem was written in the 7th century.
1.9 Similar To
Turkish Language
Persian and Balochi Languages
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.4 Scripts
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script
Arabic
2.5 Writing Direction
Not Available
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
Сайн уу (Sain uu)
(salaam) سلام
3.2 Thank You
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
3.3 How Are You?
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
3.4 Good Night
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
3.5 Good Evening
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
3.6 Good Afternoon
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
3.7 Good Morning
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
3.8 Please
Хэрэв (Kherev)
(lotfan) لطفا
3.9 Sorry
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
3.10 Bye
Баяртай (Bayartai)
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
3.11 I Love You
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
3.12 Excuse Me
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Khalkha Mongolian
Central Pashto
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Mongolia
Afganistan, Pakistan
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
NA6,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Ordos Mongolian
Northern Pashto
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Mongolia
Afganistan, Pakistan
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
123,000.0021,000,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
Khorchin Mongolian
Wanetsi
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Mongolia
Afganistan, Pakistan
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
NA95,000.00
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
5.70 million60.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
5.70 million60.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)
(paṧto) پښتو
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Not Available
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
5.5 Ethnicity
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Mongolic family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Mongolian Sign Language
Not Available
6.4 Scope
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
7.3 ISO 639 3
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
part of 44-BAA-b
58-ABD-a
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology