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Nepali vs Mongolian


Mongolian vs Nepali


Countries

Countries
India, Nepal  
China, Mongolia  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

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

Alphabets in
Nepali-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Mongolian-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
48  
28
35  
17

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
13  
10

How Many Consonants
36  
26
20  
10

Scripts
Devanagari  
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

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)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doteli  
Khalkha Mongolian  

Where They Speak
Nepal  
Mongolia  

How Many People Speak
790,000.00  
30
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Bajhangi  
Ordos Mongolian  

Where They Speak
India, Nepal  
Mongolia  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
123,000.00  
34

Dialect 3
Baitadeli  
Khorchin Mongolian  

Where They Speak
Nepal  
Mongolia  

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
8  
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million  
36
5.70 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.25 %  
99+
Not Available  

Native Speakers
25.00 million  
32
5.70 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million  
29
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  

History

Origin
19 BC  
1224-1225  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Mongolic family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Mongolian  

Branch
Indic  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha  
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian  

Standard Forms
Nepali  
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian  

Language Position
59  
99+
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Signed Nepali  
Mongolian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
ne  
mn  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nep  
mon  

ISO 639 2/B
nep  
mon  

ISO 639 3
npi  
mon  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
nepa1254  
mong1331  

Linguasphere
12  
part of 44-BAA-b  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Not Available  

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Nepali and Mongolian Language History

Comparison of Nepali vs Mongolian language history gives us differences between origin of Nepali and Mongolian language. History of Nepali language states that this language originated in 19 BC whereas history of Mongolian language states that this language originated in 1224-1225. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Nepali and Mongolian Language History.

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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.

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