Countries
India, Nepal
China, Mongolia
National Language
Nepal
China, Mongolia
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
People's Republic of China
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Language Academy of Nepal
Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)
Interesting Facts
- Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
- Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
- 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
Hindi
Turkish Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Mongolian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Devanagari
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
Hello
नमस्ते (namaste)
Сайн уу (Sain uu)
Thank You
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)
How Are You?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)
Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)
Good Afternoon
Good afternoon
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)
Please
कृपया
Хэрэв (Kherev)
Sorry
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)
Bye
नमस्ते (namaste)
Баяртай (Bayartai)
I Love You
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)
Excuse Me
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)
Dialect 1
Doteli
Khalkha Mongolian
Where They Speak
Nepal
Mongolia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Bajhangi
Ordos Mongolian
Where They Speak
India, Nepal
Mongolia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Baitadeli
Khorchin Mongolian
Where They Speak
Nepal
Mongolia
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
नेपाली (nēpālī)
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)
Alternative Names
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate
Not Available
French Name
népalais
mongol
German Name
Nepali
Mongolisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/
Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
Not Available
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Mongolic family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Mongolian
Branch
Indic
Not Available
Early Forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian
Standard Forms
Nepali
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed Nepali
Mongolian Sign Language
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
nepa1254
mong1331
Linguasphere
12
part of 44-BAA-b
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Not Available
Nepali 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 Nepali and Mongolian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Nepali and Mongolian language. Nepali word for "Hello" is नमस्ते (namaste) or Mongolian word for "Thank You" is та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa). Find more of such common Nepali Greetings and Mongolian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Nepali vs Mongolian Difficulty
The Nepali vs Mongolian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Nepali 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 Nepali and Mongolian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Nepali and Mongolian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Nepali is 44 weeks while to learn Mongolian time required is 44 weeks.