Countries
United States of America
  
China, Mongolia
  
National Language
United States of America
  
China, Mongolia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
North America
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)
  
Interesting Facts
- Navajo language is tonal language, as it heavily relies on pitch to distinguish between similar words.
- Navajo ethinc group is 2nd largest Native American group.
  
- 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.
  
Similar To
Apache Language
  
Turkish Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Navajo-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Mongolian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Yá'át'ééh
  
Сайн уу (Sain uu)
  
Thank You
Ahéhee'
  
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)
  
How Are You?
Ąąʼ haʼíí baa naniná?
  
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)
  
Good Night
Yá'át'ééh hiiłchi'į'
  
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)
  
Good Evening
Yá'át'ééh ałní'íní
  
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)
  
Good Afternoon
Yá'át'ééh
  
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)
  
Good Morning
Yá'át'ééh abíní
  
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)
  
Please
T'aa shoodi
  
Хэрэв (Kherev)
  
Sorry
Not available
  
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)
  
Bye
Hágoónee’
  
Баяртай (Bayartai)
  
I Love You
Ayóó ánííníshí
  
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)
  
Excuse Me
Shoohá
  
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)
  
Dialect 1
Navajo1
  
Khalkha Mongolian
  
Where They Speak
Arizona
  
Mongolia
  
Dialect 2
Navajo2
  
Ordos Mongolian
  
Where They Speak
New Mexico
  
Mongolia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Navajo3
  
Khorchin Mongolian
  
Where They Speak
Utah
  
Mongolia
  
How Many People Speak?
1.70 million
  
99+
5.70 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
1.70 million
  
99+
5.70 million
  
99+
Native Name
Diné Bizaad / Dinék'ehjí
  
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)
  
Alternative Names
Navaho
  
Not Available
  
French Name
navaho
  
mongol
  
German Name
Navajo-Sprache
  
Mongolisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/
  
Ethnicity
Navajo people
  
Not Available
  
Origin
1500 CE
  
1224-1225
  
Language Family
Dené–Yeniseian Family
  
Mongolic family
  
Subgroup
Athapascan
  
Mongolian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian
  
Standard Forms
Navajo
  
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian
  
Signed Forms
Navajo Sign Language
  
Mongolian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
nv
  
mn
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
nav
  
mon
  
ISO 639 2/B
nav
  
mon
  
ISO 639 3
nav
  
mon
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nava1243
  
mong1331
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
part of 44-BAA-b
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Polysynthetic, Synthetic
  
Not Available
  
Navajo and Mongolian 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 Navajo and Mongolian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Navajo and Mongolian language. Navajo word for "Hello" is Yá'át'ééh or Mongolian word for "Thank You" is та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa). Find more of such common Navajo Greetings and Mongolian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Navajo vs Mongolian Difficulty
The Navajo vs Mongolian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Navajo Alphabets and Mongolian 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 Navajo and Mongolian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Navajo and Mongolian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Navajo is 88 weeks while to learn Mongolian time required is 44 weeks.