Countries
Countries
India, Pakistan
China, Mongolia
Total No. Of Countries
2
13
2
13
National Language
India, Pakistan
China, Mongolia
Second Language
Pakistan
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Not Available
Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)
Interesting Facts
- Punjabi is 2nd most spoken in United Kingdom and 4th most spoken in Canada.
- Punjabi is tonal language, by using various tones Punjabi speakers are able to differentiate between words.
- 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 Language
Turkish Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Not Available
Alphabets
Alphabets in
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Mongolian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Alphabets
53
32
35
17
Phonology
How Many Vowels
9
6
13
10
How Many Consonants
41
30
20
10
Scripts
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
4
3
3
2
Time Taken to Learn
6 weeks
3
44 weeks
11
Greetings
Hello
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
Сайн уу (Sain uu)
Thank You
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)
How Are You?
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)
Good Night
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)
Good Evening
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)
Good Afternoon
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)
Good Morning
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)
Please
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
Хэрэв (Kherev)
Sorry
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)
Bye
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
Баяртай (Bayartai)
I Love You
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)
Excuse Me
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)
Dialects
Dialect 1
Pothohari
Khalkha Mongolian
Where They Speak
Pakistan
Mongolia
How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00
22
Not Available
Dialect 2
Saraiki
Ordos Mongolian
Where They Speak
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
Mongolia
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
5
123,000.00
34
Dialect 3
Doabi
Khorchin Mongolian
Where They Speak
Pakistan, Punjab, India
Mongolia
Total No. Of Dialects
30
24
8
8
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
154.30 million
12
5.70 million
99+
Speaking Population
1.44 %
11
Not Available
Native Speakers
100.00 million
11
5.70 million
99+
Second Language Speakers
54.30 million
12
Not Available
Native Name
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)
Alternative Names
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
Not Available
French Name
pendjabi
mongol
German Name
Pandschabi-Sprache
Mongolisch
Pronunciation
Not Availble
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/
Ethnicity
Punjabis
Not Available
History
Origin
1000 AD
1224-1225
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Mongolic family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Mongolian
Branch
Indic
Not Available
Language Forms
Early Forms
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian
Standard Forms
Modern Punjabi
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Mongolian Sign Language
Scope
Not Available
Macrolanguage
Code
ISO 639 1
pa
mn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
pan
mon
ISO 639 2/B
pan
mon
ISO 639 3
pan
mon
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
panj1256
mong1331
Linguasphere
No data available
part of 44-BAA-b
Types of Language
Language Type
Not Available
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Not Available
