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Mongolian

монгол
mn 2.8M speakers

Mongolian (монгол) is a Mongolic language with approximately 2.8M speakers speakers. It is written using the Cyrillic script. Its BCP 47 language code is mn.

Mongolian (Монгол хэл) is a Mongolic language and the official language of Mongolia. It is also spoken in Inner Mongolia, an autonomous region of China. Mongolian has approximately 2.8 million native speakers in Mongolia.

Mongolian is written in the Cyrillic script in Mongolia and in the traditional Mongolian script in Inner Mongolia. The traditional script is written vertically, from top to bottom, in columns that run left to right. Mongolian was the language of the vast Mongol Empire in the 13th and 14th centuries.

Writing Systems Used for Mongolian

Cyrillic
Кириллица
Primary
Привет мир
LTR Cyrl

Frequently Asked Questions

What alphabet or script does Mongolian use?
Mongolian is written using the Cyrillic script (ISO 15924 code: Cyrl). Cyrillic is written left-to-right.
What direction is Mongolian written?
Mongolian is written Left-to-right. Text runs from left to right, the same direction as most European languages.
How many people speak Mongolian?
Mongolian has approximately 2.8M speakers speakers worldwide. It is a member of the Mongolic language family.
What language family does Mongolian belong to?
Mongolian belongs to the Mongolic language family. It is written with the Cyrillic script.
What is the language code for Mongolian?
The BCP 47 language code for Mongolian is "mn". This code is used in software, web standards (the HTML lang attribute), and internationalization contexts.

Language Facts

BCP 47 Code
mn
ISO 639-3
mon
Status
living
Scope
macrolanguage
Speakers
2.8M speakers
Language Family
Mongolic
Scripts
1
Primary Script
Cyrillic

Other Cyrillic Languages

Abkhazian Adyghe Avaric Bashkir Belarusian Bosnian Bulgarian Buriat Chechen Church Slavic Chuvash Crimean Tatar Dargwa Erzya Ingush Kabardian Kalmyk Kara-Kalpak Karachay-Balkar Kazakh

Data sourced from Unicode CLDR and ISO 639-3. Last updated April 20, 2026.