Hi! I am trying to figure out how to say "cheers" when drinking alcohol in Mongolian, and I thought I could find a native here who could tell me the appropriate way to say it!

Do you guys know any Mongolian speaking person near Kansas city that can or knows someone that is willing to do Mongolian Interpreting.

How do you form compound words in Mongolian? If Nar means “sun” how do you get narantsetseg (sunflower)?

Hi! I’ve been able to find texts that utilize the Cyrillic alphabet online, but not so much luck in the traditional writing system. Not sure where to look, and wanted to know if anyone has resources. Any ages/ranges are fine!

Hi everyone, I've recently joined this sub reddit and I've decided that I have wanted to dedicate myself to learning Mongolian. Although I am aware of the governments plans to nationalise the Mongolian traditional script, I would still like to learn the Cyrillic script as it would be useful as of now. However the only issue is that I typically write with cursive handwriting and simply cannot stand writing blocky. I wanted to ask if Mongolians typically do write in cursive? And if they do, is anyone please willing to send a written alphabet so I could more easily learn to write and recognise each letter in cursive? I would appreciate it so so so much!

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Anyone who taken a few lessons on the languages of the nearby East Asia countries would know their languages particularly Japanese, Korean, and Mandarin don't have a real R and L sound in the way its pronounced like in English and for a lot of loan words you'll get a pronunciation by native speakers that sounds like an in between ENglish L and R. In fact a lo of speakers who become fluent enough in English to speak smoothly will often end up making words with l sound like and r and voice versa (like Chinese person pronouncing flying as "frying" and Japanese people trying to pronounce the name Mary but instead sounding more like they said the name Mally).

So I'm wondering does Mongolian go through the same phenomenon like her East Asian neighbor's languages?

Simply above, I don't live near anyone who speaks it and I don't live in Mongolia, where did you start learning?

Hi all, I'm a sci fi writer working on a futuristic, Mongol Empire-influenced story that involves a type of mechanized cavalry I'm calling mekhanikmor. Out of respect to the culture I'm referencing, I want to try to get the spelling right, even though the term is made up. My Mongolian is very poor, so I'd be grateful if a fluent speaker could confirm for me:

a) This translates correctly (if loosely) to 'mechanical horse', and b) I'm pluralizing it correctly. Would it be mekhanikmorid, mekhanikmoruud, or something else?

Thank you for any help!

I'm a native english speaker heavily interested in learning about the Mongolian language and anicent steppe culture. Can you suggest some books, articles,programs, etc to help me learn. Thank you in advance.

I'm an English teacher in Mongolia and some of my students are trying to teach me the meaning of this. 🤌 At first I thought it was the Italian joke but it seems to be different in Mongolia. What does it mean? My students are having a hard time explaining it. I've been told it means "you are hungry" ? I've been told it's something bad? Does it mean like "gotcha ya" Would love to understand Баярлалаа

Hi! So I was in IKEA today and a family was there and they sounded like they were speaking Korean but not quite. It just sounded like a really interesting accent of Korean so I turned around and asked them if they were Korean because I was so curious. I’m just super into languages and I was JUST in Korea last month so it just sounded so familiar but interestingly different. The lady kind of laughed a little and said “no we’re Mongolian”, I said “oh wow! Mongolia! So interesting, your language sounds a lot like Korean to me!”

Needless to say I was SUPER embarrassed and now I’m wallowing in the thought that I might have offended that poor family. I want to know from a Mongolian perspective, do you think they were offended? Is it offensive to think they’re Korean? I did mention that it was because their language sounded so much like Korean to me so I’m hoping they don’t think I just asked that because they’re Asian and Korea is the only country I know being a stupid American. I was genuinely curious because I’m interested in linguistics.

I’ve been mistaken for different ethnicities before and I’ve never been offended by it but I feel like it’s super culturally specific like if all East Asians are called “Chinese” that’s obviously offensive but I’ve legit never met Mongolians in my life so it never even occurred to me that they could be Mongolian.

But yeah. Is that super offensive or do people not mind? It’s ok, you can tell me, I just want to know even if it’s not the answer I want to hear. 😵‍💫

Hi all. What does the Mongolian word 'хоолондо' mean? I know it comes from the word 'хоол' (food), but what suffixes are used here, and what exactly does this word mean? I can't sleep without this knowladge. Thanks!

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I have been learning Mongolian since January 2023, and I have attained an intermediate-upper B1 level, though learning has stalled recently due to the fact that I have already maxed out my Ling App course.

I need to look for a gameified way to learn Mongolian as I have ADHD which would make other methods fruitless.

Wikipedia and a few other sources mention she’s also called Ana Dara, but not who calls her that or why. I’m hoping someone with more knowledge of Mongolian language and/or history can point me in the right direction.

Where I’m currently at with my research:

• I’m 95% sure the modern name Anudari (Анударь) is derived from this name.

• Possibly connected to Sanskrit Anuradha?

• дарь means “gunpowder”. Possibly a coincidence, though I suppose “gunpowder Anu” would be a reasonably appropriate (and very cool) nickname.

...and that’s all I’ve got. If there’s a better place to post this question, please let me know!

I have some crazy ideas for a recording of this song, but I want to learn it in its native language (not the version with Papa Roach). I don't speak Mongolian and I don't read Cyrillic either 🙃 is there a pronunciation guide somewhere, or can someone provide me with a dramatic (spoken) reading of the lyrics?

Hi everyone! What is the best platform/resource to learn Mongolian? It's not on Duolingo, but are there any other language apps that offer it?

To start off, do some skim reading in this link.

https://blog.rosettastone.com/the-complete-list-of-language-difficulty-rankings/

And you'll see at least with the FSI considers Mongol one whole difficulty level below Chinese and other East Asian languages alongside Arabic. Which is consistent across various organization's language difficulty rankings in that East Asian langauges and Arabic are deemed the hardest in the world to learn but Mongolian is never in the same tier but a level below in hardness by the experts of the organizations.

I ask why is Mongolian the oddjob in this regard of the East Asia region? Even among language learning hobbyists who became fluent in multiple languages all agree that Japanese, Korean, and the multiple tongues from the Sino lineage of families are abnormally difficult alongside Arabic.

I mean just taking a peek at Mongol writing alone makes me feel like I'm looking at something that would be Category 4 in the FSI (or 5 in other listings) and same with videos I see of Mongols talking on Youtube has that same East Asian vibe with all the implied difficulty that comes with languages from the region. So I'm wondering why Mongol is considered much easier by experts (even though its hard enough to be on the same league as Hindi and Hebrew)?

Hello!

I'm interested in learning Mongolian because it's so pretty! Rn I'm trying to learn to read Cyrillic and learning basic words and phrases. But I'm wondering if from what I heard that Mongolia is trying to reinstate the traditional writing system, should I be trying to learn both writing systems? I haven't heard anything recently abiut this, so I'm a little confused if it's still happening. Also if anyone can give me any tips on learning I'd appreciate it. Bayarl- laa!

I have read in several places that the mythical animal called "qilin" in Chinese has the Mongolian name " Билигтэй Бэлэгтэй Гөрөөс". Could you please provide me with this name written in the traditional Mongolian alphabet? I do not know how to make a retroversion from the Cyrillic.

In Mongolian, is the letter Н (n) pronounced like “ng” or “n”?

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Hi! I’ve got a job opportunity in Bayankhongor. My friends though are in UB which means I possibly could not afford to see them every now and then bc of the distance and other factors.

My questions are: Is this province safe? How’s the people and culture of this place? Will you recommend it to be a good opportunity or should I dodge the bullet in advance?

Thank you in advance! I badly need advice from literally anyone who is more knowledgeable about this place.