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Turkish vs Mongolian


Mongolian vs Turkish


Countries

Countries
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey  
China, Mongolia  

Total No. Of Countries
11  
5
2  
13

National Language
Turkey  
China, Mongolia  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Turkish Language Association  
Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)  

Interesting Facts
  • Turkish language oldest written records are found upon stone monuments in Central Asia, in Orhun, Yenisey and Talas regions.
  • Turkish language was developed in the Middle East, streching all the way to Eastern Europe.
  
  • 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
Azerbaijani Language  
Turkish Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
35  
17

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
13  
10

How Many Consonants
21  
11
20  
10

Scripts
Latin  
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
Merhaba  
Сайн уу (Sain uu)  

Thank You
teşekkür ederim  
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)  

How Are You?
Nasılsın?  
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)  

Good Night
İyi Geceler  
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)  

Good Evening
İyi Akşamlar  
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)  

Good Afternoon
Tünaydın  
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)  

Good Morning
günaydın  
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)  

Please
lütfen  
Хэрэв (Kherev)  

Sorry
üzgünüm  
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)  

Bye
Hoşçakal  
Баяртай (Bayartai)  

I Love You
Seni seviyorum  
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)  

Excuse Me
Afedersiniz  
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Azerbaijani Turkish  
Khalkha Mongolian  

Where They Speak
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey  
Mongolia  

How Many People Speak
26,000,000.00  
9
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Crimean Turkish  
Ordos Mongolian  

Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan  
Mongolia  

How Many People Speak
480,000.00  
29
123,000.00  
34

Dialect 3
Gagauz  
Khorchin Mongolian  

Where They Speak
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine  
Mongolia  

How Many People Speak
140,000.00  
26
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
9  
9
8  
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
75.00 million  
23
5.70 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.95 %  
21
Not Available  

Native Speakers
60.00 million  
20
5.70 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million  
18
Not Available  

Native Name
Türkçe  
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)  

Alternative Names
Anatolian, Türkisch  
Not Available  

French Name
turc  
mongol  

German Name
Türkisch  
Mongolisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]  
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/  

Ethnicity
Turkish  
Not Available  

History

Origin
c. 1350  
1224-1225  

Language Family
Turkic Family  
Mongolic family  

Subgroup
Turkic  
Mongolian  

Branch
Southwestern(Oghuz)  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish  
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian  

Standard Forms
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)  
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian  

Language Position
19  
17
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Turkish Sign Language  
Mongolian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
tr  
mn  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tur  
mon  

ISO 639 2/B
tur  
mon  

ISO 639 3
tur  
mon  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
nucl1301  
mong1331  

Linguasphere
44-AAB-a  
part of 44-BAA-b  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Not Available  

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Turkish and Mongolian Language History

Comparison of Turkish vs Mongolian language history gives us differences between origin of Turkish and Mongolian language. History of Turkish language states that this language originated in c. 1350 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 Turkish and Mongolian Language History.

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Turkish 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 Turkish and Mongolian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Turkish and Mongolian language. Turkish word for "Hello" is Merhaba or Mongolian word for "Thank You" is та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa). Find more of such common Turkish Greetings and Mongolian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Turkish vs Mongolian Difficulty

The Turkish vs Mongolian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Turkish 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 Turkish and Mongolian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Turkish and Mongolian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Turkish is 44 weeks while to learn Mongolian time required is 44 weeks.

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