Mongolian Translation & Interpretation Services
Mongolian language
Providing Professional Translation, Interpretation, and Localization services in Mongolian and more than 300 other languages and dialects.
Autonym(s)
Mongol khel, Монгол хэл
Number of Speakers
Native Speakers: 5 million
Geographic Distribution
Mongolia, Northeast & Northwest China, parts of Siberia
Official or Recognized Status
Mongolia, China (Inner Mongolian, Xinjiang, Qinghai)
Classification
Mongolic, Buryat-Mongolian
Features
A Mongolic language known for its agglutinative structure, meaning it builds grammatical relationships by attaching a series of suffixes to root words. It features vowel harmony, where vowels within a word follow front–back and rounded–unrounded patterns, determining which suffixes can be added. Mongolian does not use grammatical gender and relies heavily on case marking—traditionally around eight cases—to express syntactic roles. Its sound system features rich vowel contrasts and several uvular consonants. Modern Mongolian in Mongolia is written in the Cyrillic alphabet, while the traditional vertical script is still used in Inner Mongolia (China) and increasingly taught in Mongolia. Overall, Mongolian’s morphology, phonology, and writing systems reflect a deep historical continuity with Central Asian linguistic traditions.
Dialects
Mongolian has several major dialect groups, all of which are mutually intelligible to varying degrees but show differences in pronunciation, vocabulary, and certain grammatical forms. The Khalkha dialect is the dominant variety and forms the basis of the standard language in Mongolia. Surrounding it are related Central Mongolic dialects such as Chakhar, Ordos, and Khorchin, spoken in Inner Mongolia (China), which preserve some older phonetic features. In the West, Oirat (including the Kalmyk variety in Russia) represents a more divergent branch, characterized by notable sound shifts and distinct lexical items. Despite these differences, the dialects share a common grammatical core and clearly belong to the same Mongolic linguistic continuum.
Writing System
Mongolian script, Cyrillic script
U.S. Distribution
In the U.S., Mongolian speakers form a relatively small but rapidly growing immigrant community, concentrated primarily in a few metropolitan areas. The largest and most established Mongolian population resides in the Washington, D.C.–Northern Virginia area, particularly in Arlington and Fairfax County, where community organizations, churches, and weekend language schools are actively engaged. Other significant communities exist in Denver, Chicago, Los Angeles, and the San Francisco Bay Area, as well as smaller clusters in New York and Boston. Most Mongolian immigrants are recent arrivals from Mongolia rather than Inner Mongolia (China), so they typically speak Khalkha Mongolian, the modern standard. The population maintains strong cultural and linguistic ties through community associations, cultural festivals, and Mongolian-language media.
At Latitude Prime, we provide Mongolian translation, Mongolian interpretation, and Mongolian localization services across various specialized subject areas and multiple dialects. Whether you need to translate legal documents from Mongolian to English, need a Mongolian interpreter for a business meeting in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, or want to localize your website into Mongolia to market your products or services in Mongolia and Inner Mongolia (China), Latitude Prime has the customized language solution to meet all your Mongolian language needs.
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