Countries
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden
  
China, Mongolia
  
National Language
Sweden
  
China, Mongolia
  
Second Language
Finland
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Antartica, Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council
  
Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)
  
Interesting Facts
- In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
- Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  
- 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
Norwegian and Danish Language
  
Turkish Language
  
Derived From
Old Norse Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Swedish-Aphabets.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
hej
  
Сайн уу (Sain uu)
  
Thank You
tacka dig
  
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)
  
How Are You?
hur mår du
  
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)
  
Good Night
godnatt
  
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)
  
Good Evening
god kväll
  
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)
  
Good Afternoon
god eftermiddag
  
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)
  
Good Morning
god morgon
  
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)
  
Please
vänligen
  
Хэрэв (Kherev)
  
Sorry
ledsen
  
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)
  
Bye
hej då
  
Баяртай (Bayartai)
  
I Love You
jag älskar dig
  
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)
  
Excuse Me
ursäkta mig
  
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)
  
Dialect 1
Dialects
  
Khalkha Mongolian
  
Where They Speak
Gabon
  
Mongolia
  
How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00
  
6
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Dialects
  
Ordos Mongolian
  
Where They Speak
Georgia
  
Mongolia
  
How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00
  
2
Dialect 3
Dialects
  
Khorchin Mongolian
  
Where They Speak
France
  
Mongolia
  
How Many People Speak
96,000,000.00
  
1
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
15.00 million
  
99+
5.70 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
8.70 million
  
99+
5.70 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
5.00 million
  
29
Not Available
  
Native Name
Svenska
  
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)
  
Alternative Names
Ruotsi, Svenska
  
Not Available
  
French Name
suédois
  
mongol
  
German Name
Schwedisch
  
Mongolisch
  
Pronunciation
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]
  
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/
  
Ethnicity
Swedes, Finland Swedes
  
Not Available
  
Origin
13th Century
  
1224-1225
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Mongolic family
  
Subgroup
Germanic
  
Mongolian
  
Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Swedish
  
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian
  
Standard Forms
Standard Swedish
  
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")
  
Mongolian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
sv
  
mn
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
swe
  
mon
  
ISO 639 2/B
swe
  
mon
  
ISO 639 3
swe
  
mon
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
swed1254
  
mong1331
  
Linguasphere
52-AAA-ck to -cw
  
part of 44-BAA-b
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available