Learning Mongolian

For the past two weeks I've been trying to pick up Mongolian as a sixth language, yes 6th. Its funny how sometimes when I think, words in Khmer, Vietnamese, English, and sometimes even Japanese and Spanish pop in my head. So adding another language into the mix should make it even more interesting. But I digress...

Mongolian is different...very different from all of the other languages that I have learned thus far. So I'm starting new again, even learning a whole different alphabet. Just like when I was learning Japanese, when first encountering hiragana and katakana I was taken back. Same can be said for the Cyrillic alphabet, but just like learning the Japanese characters it was all about repetition and time. I made a bunch of flash cards and practiced daily, and with time my friend, I am happy to say that I've pretty much mastered the Cyrillic alphabet. Know I know my A, Б, В. Now on to reading and deciphering what it actually means.

Oh, and if you want to listen to what Mongolian actually sounds like, take a gander through the link.

[source: Wikipedia]

Cyrillic	Name	Transliteration		Cyrillic	Name	Transliteration
Аа	а	a		Пп	пэ	( p )
Бб	бэ	b		Рр	эр	r
Вв	вэ	v		Сс	эс	s
Гг	гэ	g		Тт	тэ	t
Дд	дэ	d		Уу	у	u
Ее	е	je/ye		Үү	ү	ü
Ёё	ё	jo/yo		Фф	фэ~фа~эф	( f )
Жж	жэ	ž/		Хх	хэ~ха	h
Зз	зэ	z		Цц	цэ	ts
Ии	и	i		Чч	чэ	č
Йй	хагас и	j		Шш	ша~эш	š
Кк	ка	( k )		Щщ	ща~эшчэ	( šč )
Лл	эл	l		Ъ ъ	хатуугийн тэмдэг
Мм	эм	m		Ыы	эр үгийн ы	y
Нн	эн	n		Ьь	зөөлний тэмдэг	'
Оо	о	o		Ээ	э	e
Өө	ө	ö		Юю	ю	ju/yu
				Яя	я	ja/ya

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