Countries
China, Mongolia
  
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara
  
National Language
China, Mongolia
  
Spain
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom
  
Regulated By
Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)
  
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española
  
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.
  
- One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
- Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
  
Similar To
Turkish Language
  
French Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
Mongolian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Spanish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Сайн уу (Sain uu)
  
hola
  
Thank You
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)
  
Gracias
  
How Are You?
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)
  
Cómo estás?
  
Good Night
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)
  
Buenas Noches
  
Good Evening
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)
  
Bonne soirée
  
Good Afternoon
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)
  
Buenas Tardes
  
Good Morning
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)
  
Buenos Días
  
Please
Хэрэв (Kherev)
  
Por Favor
  
Sorry
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)
  
triste
  
Bye
Баяртай (Bayartai)
  
adiós
  
I Love You
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)
  
Te Quiero
  
Excuse Me
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)
  
Discúlpeme
  
Dialect 1
Khalkha Mongolian
  
Mexican Spanish
  
Where They Speak
Mongolia
  
Mexico
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
105,000,000.00
  
5
Dialect 2
Ordos Mongolian
  
Cuban Spanish
  
Where They Speak
Mongolia
  
Cuba
  
How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00
  
8
Dialect 3
Khorchin Mongolian
  
Puerto Rican Spanish
  
Where They Speak
Mongolia
  
Puerto Rico
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
3,900,000.00
  
9
How Many People Speak?
5.70 million
  
99+
489.00 million
  
3
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
5.70 million
  
99+
410.00 million
  
2
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
89.50 million
  
9
Native Name
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)
  
Español
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Castellano, Castilian, Español
  
French Name
mongol
  
espagnol; castillan
  
German Name
Mongolisch
  
Spanisch
  
Pronunciation
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/
  
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Origin
1224-1225
  
210 BC
  
Language Family
Mongolic family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Mongolian
  
Romance
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian
  
Old Spanish and Spanish
  
Standard Forms
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian
  
Pluricentric Standard Spanish
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Mongolian Sign Language
  
Signed Spanish
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
mn
  
es
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mon
  
spa
  
ISO 639 2/B
mon
  
spa
  
ISO 639 3
mon
  
spa
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mong1331
  
stan1288
  
Linguasphere
part of 44-BAA-b
  
51-AAA-b
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional, Synthetic