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Language code: mon

Technical information about ISO 639 language code mon

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The table below provides technical details for the Mongolian language, designated by the mon code from the ISO 639-2 standard.

Code

mon

Name

Official

Mongolian

Native

Монгол хэл

Text direction

Left-to-Right

Language varieties
KhalkhaChakharKhorchinOrdos
Related languages
BuryatOirat (Kalmyk)DaurDongxiangMonguor (Tu)
Key facts
Exhibits vowel harmony and a case system of about eight grammatical casesModern standard pronunciation is based on the Khalkha dialectTraditionally written with a vertical Uighur-derived script, still used in Inner MongoliaUses the unique Cyrillic letters Ү and Ө to mark front rounded vowelsVocabulary shows heavy historical borrowing from Tibetan, Chinese and Russian
Sample phrase

Сайн байна уу?

Character encodings

UTF-8, UTF-16, UTF-32

Supported in Localizely

The Mongolian language, identified by the code mon, falls under the 'Macrolanguage' category in terms of its scope and is classified as 'Living' by its type.

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