Mongolia
| Region: | Asia |
| Capital: | |
| Population: | 2,751,314 |
| Area (sq km): | 1,565,000 |
| GRN Office: | |
| FIPS Country Code: | MG |
| ISO Country Code: | MN |
Fascinating Facts about Mongolia
Half of Mongolia's population of 2.5 million live in the capital city, Ulaanbaatar.
The "Three Manly Games" of the Naadam summer festival are archery, wrestling and horse racing.
Children retire from being horse race jockeys when they are 12 years old.
Christianity first came to Mongolia during the reign of the great Mongol Khans.
The Old and New Testaments are available in the modern Mongolian script.
The Great Wall of China was built to keep out the Mongols, not the rabbits!
The temperature ranges from +50 to -50 deg C in some parts.
Ancient Mongolian script looks like Arabic, but runs vertically left to right on the page.
Map of Mongolia
News about Mongolia
A Word In Season: "The father told me that, by the way I spoke, he thought that I must be a Christian because I had 'Jesus spirit'. I agreed that I did have the 'Jesus spirit'. He told me he belonged to Islam and that he didn't know 'Jesus spirit'." |
Batzaya: "Batzaya always comes on Sunday for a Bible lesson, to practise her English and to eat whatever I have in my 'ger'." |
Recording in Mongolia: "The mother wrapped her baby well to protect him from the cold. This is a good representation to me of the church in Mongolia - very young and in need of good food and nurture." |
Languages spoken in Mongolia
Listed here are the primary and alternate names of the languages and dialects of Mongolia. An icon next to the name indicates that there are GRN recordings available in that language.
Found 176 language names. Showing items 1 to 100.
Aga (see Buriat, Mongolia: Aga) Avanki (see EVENKI) Avankil (see EVENKI) Baifang Fangyan (see MANDARIN) Bayit (see Kalmyk-oirat: Bayit) Beijinghua (see MANDARIN) Bur:aad (see Buriat, Mongolia) Buriat-Mongolian (see Buriat, Mongolia) Buryat (see Buriat, Mongolia) Central Mongolian (see MONGOLIAN) Chaoxian (see KOREAN) Chapogir (see EVENKI) Chinese, Mandarin (see MANDARIN) Dariganga (see Mongolian, Halh: Dariganga) Diba (see Tuvin) Eastern Tumut (see Mongolian, Peripheral: Jostu) E'erduosite (see Mongolian, Peripheral: Ordos) Eleuth (see Kalmyk-oirat: Olot) Eleuth (see MONGOLIAN: Elute) Elute (see MONGOLIAN: Elute) Elyut (see Kalmyk-oirat: Olot) Elyut (see MONGOLIAN: Elute) European Oirat (see KALMYK) Ewenke (see EVENKI) Ewenki (see EVENKI) Ewenki, Solon (see EVENKI) Gazaqi (see KAZAK) Gorlos (see Mongolian, Peripheral: Jirim) Guanhua (see MANDARIN) Guoyu (see MANDARIN) Halh (see MONGOLIAN) Han Geul (see KOREAN) Hanguk Mal (see KOREAN) Hanguohua (see KOREAN) Hazake (see KAZAK) Hoton (see Kalmyk-oirat: Khoton) Huayu (see MANDARIN) Jakhachin (see Kalmyk-oirat: Jakhachin) Jalait (see Mongolian, Peripheral: Jirim) Jirim (see Mongolian, Peripheral: Jirim) Jostu (see Mongolian, Peripheral: Jostu) Kaisak (see KAZAK) Kalaqin (see Mongolian, Peripheral: Jirim) Kalmack (see KALMYK) | Kalmuck (see KALMYK) Kalmuk (see KALMYK) Kalmyk-Oirat (see KALMYK) Kalmyk-Oirat: Olot (see MONGOLIAN: Elute) Kalmytskii Jazyk (see KALMYK) Kazakh (see KAZAK) Kazakhi (see KAZAK) Kazax (see KAZAK) Ke'erqin (see Mongolian, Peripheral: Jostu) Khalkha Mongolian (see MONGOLIAN) Khal:mag (see KALMYK) Khamnigan (see EVENKI) Kharachin (see Mongolian, Peripheral: Jostu) Kharchin (see Mongolian, Peripheral: Jostu) Kharchin-Tumut (see Mongolian, Peripheral: Jostu) Khorchin (see Mongolian, Peripheral: Jirim) Khori (see Buriat, Mongolia: Khori) Khoshut (see Kalmyk-oirat: Khoshut) Khoshuud (see Kalmyk-oirat: Khoshut) Khotogoit (see Mongolian, Halh: Khotogoit) Khoton (see Kalmyk-oirat: Khoton) Khöwsögöl Uigur (see Tuvin: Khöwsögöl Uigur) Kök (see Tuvin) Kokchulutan (see Tuvin: Kokchulutan) Kök Mungak (see Tuvin) Kosach (see KAZAK) Kuan Hua (see MANDARIN) Kuo Yu (see MANDARIN) Mingan (see MONGOLIAN, PERIPHERAL: Ulanchab) Mingat (see Kalmyk-oirat: Mingat) Mongol (see MONGOLIAN) Mongolian Buriat (see Buriat, Mongolia) Mongolian, Halh (see MONGOLIAN) |
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