Countries
China, Mongolia
China
National Language
China, Mongolia
China
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
Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan
Regulated By
Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)
Working Committee of Ethnic Language and Writing of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
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.
- Uyghur language has large quantity of loan words from Persian, Russian and Chinese.
- Uyghur was originally written with the Orkhon Alphabets.
Similar To
Turkish Language
Uzbek Language
Derived From
Not Available
Gokturk Language
Alphabets in
Mongolian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Uyghur-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Vertical, Top-To-Bottom
Hello
Сайн уу (Sain uu)
Ässalamu läykum.
Thank You
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)
rakhmat
How Are You?
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)
Yakshimasiz? / Qandaq ahwalingiz?
Good Night
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun
Good Evening
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun!
Good Afternoon
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)
Not Available
Good Morning
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)
Atiganlikingz khayrilik bolsun!
Please
Хэрэв (Kherev)
birdam
Sorry
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)
kachurung
Bye
Баяртай (Bayartai)
Khayr khosh
I Love You
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)
sizni yahshi kOrman
Excuse Me
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)
Kachurung
Dialect 1
Khalkha Mongolian
Turpan
Where They Speak
Mongolia
China
Dialect 2
Ordos Mongolian
Hotan
Where They Speak
Mongolia
China
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Khorchin Mongolian
Lop Nur
Where They Speak
Mongolia
China
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)
Уйғур /ئۇيغۇر (ujġgur / uyghur)
Alternative Names
Not Available
Uighuir, Uighur, Uiguir, Uigur, Uygur, Weiwu’er, Wiga
French Name
mongol
ouïgour
German Name
Mongolisch
Uigurisch
Pronunciation
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/
[ʊjʁʊrˈtʃɛ], [ʊjˈʁʊr tili]
Ethnicity
Not Available
Uyghur
Language Family
Mongolic family
Turkic Family
Subgroup
Mongolian
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian
Karakhanid, Chagatai, Eastern Turki
Standard Forms
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian
Uyghur
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Mongolian Sign Language
Not Available
Scope
Macrolanguage
Not Available
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
mong1331
uigh1240
Linguasphere
part of 44-BAA-b
No data Available
Language Type
Living
Not Available
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available
Mongolian and Uyghur 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 Uyghur greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Mongolian and Uyghur language. Mongolian word for "Hello" is Сайн уу (Sain uu) or Uyghur word for "Thank You" is rakhmat. Find more of such common Mongolian Greetings and Uyghur Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Mongolian vs Uyghur Difficulty
The Mongolian vs Uyghur difficulty level basically depends on the number of Mongolian Alphabets and Uyghur 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 Uyghur are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Mongolian and Uyghur, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Mongolian is 44 weeks while to learn Uyghur time required is 44 weeks.