Countries
China, Mongolia
Afganistan
National Language
China, Mongolia
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Pakistan
Regulated By
Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
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.
Similar To
Turkish Language
Persian and Balochi Languages
Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script
Arabic
Writing Direction
Not Available
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hello
Сайн уу (Sain uu)
(salaam) سلام
Thank You
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
How Are You?
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Good Night
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Good Evening
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Good Afternoon
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Good Morning
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Please
Хэрэв (Kherev)
(lotfan) لطفا
Sorry
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Bye
Баяртай (Bayartai)
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
I Love You
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Excuse Me
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Dialect 1
Khalkha Mongolian
Central Pashto
Where They Speak
Mongolia
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Ordos Mongolian
Northern Pashto
Where They Speak
Mongolia
Afganistan, Pakistan
Dialect 3
Khorchin Mongolian
Wanetsi
Where They Speak
Mongolia
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)
(paṧto) پښتو
Alternative Names
Not Available
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
French Name
mongol
pachto
German Name
Mongolisch
Paschtu
Pronunciation
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
Ethnicity
Not Available
Pashtun
Language Family
Mongolic family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Mongolian
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Not Available
Iranian
Early Forms
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian
No early forms
Standard Forms
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Mongolian Sign Language
Not Available
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
mong1331
pash1269
Linguasphere
part of 44-BAA-b
58-ABD-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Fusional
Mongolian and Pashto 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 Pashto greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Mongolian and Pashto language. Mongolian word for "Hello" is Сайн уу (Sain uu) or Pashto word for "Thank You" is (manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر. Find more of such common Mongolian Greetings and Pashto Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Mongolian vs Pashto Difficulty
The Mongolian vs Pashto difficulty level basically depends on the number of Mongolian Alphabets and Pashto 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 Pashto are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Mongolian and Pashto, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Mongolian is 44 weeks while to learn Pashto time required is 44 weeks.
