Countries
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia
  
China, Mongolia
  
National Language
Slovakia, Vojvodina, Serbia
  
China, Mongolia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic
  
Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)
  
Interesting Facts
- Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
- Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
  
- 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
Czech Language
  
Turkish Language
  
Derived From
Czech-Slovak Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Slovak-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Mongolian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Ahoj
  
Сайн уу (Sain uu)
  
Thank You
Ďakujem vám
  
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)
  
How Are You?
Ako sa máte?
  
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)
  
Good Night
Dobrú noc
  
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)
  
Good Evening
Dobrý večer
  
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)
  
Good Afternoon
Dobré popoludnie
  
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)
  
Good Morning
Dobré ráno
  
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)
  
Please
Prosím
  
Хэрэв (Kherev)
  
Sorry
Pardón!
  
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)
  
Bye
Dovidenia
  
Баяртай (Bayartai)
  
I Love You
Ľúbim Ťa
  
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)
  
Excuse Me
Prepáčte!
  
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)
  
Dialect 1
Eastern Slovak
  
Khalkha Mongolian
  
Where They Speak
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin
  
Mongolia
  
Dialect 2
Central Slovak
  
Ordos Mongolian
  
Where They Speak
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec
  
Mongolia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Western Slovak
  
Khorchin Mongolian
  
Where They Speak
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie
  
Mongolia
  
How Many People Speak?
5.20 million
  
99+
5.70 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
5.20 million
  
99+
5.70 million
  
99+
Native Name
slovenčina
  
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)
  
Alternative Names
Slovakian, Slovencina
  
Not Available
  
French Name
slovaque
  
mongol
  
German Name
Slowakisch
  
Mongolisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/
  
Ethnicity
Slovaks
  
Not Available
  
Origin
6th Century
  
1224-1225
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Mongolic family
  
Subgroup
Slavic
  
Mongolian
  
Branch
Western
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Slavic
  
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian
  
Standard Forms
Slovak
  
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Mongolian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
sk
  
mn
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
slk
  
mon
  
ISO 639 2/B
slo
  
mon
  
ISO 639 3
slk
  
mon
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
slov1269
  
mong1331
  
Linguasphere
53-AAA-db
  
part of 44-BAA-b
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Not Available