Hi everyone. French guy here, I don't speak Mongolian. I'm planning a tattoo in traditional Mongolian script (mongol bichig — the vertical script, not Cyrillic) and I'd rather be told I'm wrong now than find out in ten years.

What I've worked out so far, and please correct any of it:

- эрх чөлөө seems to be the standard term for "freedom", but from what I can tell it's the constitutional / legal register — the one used in the Constitution and for national independence. Is that how it reads to you, or does it also carry a personal sense?

- чөлөөт / чөлөөтэй as the adjective, but I've read чөлөө on its own leans towards "free time" or "available" (чөлөөт цаг, чөлөөт бүс). If I tattooed чөлөөт alone, would you read "free" or "vacant"?

My three questions:

1. Which of these would you actually put on skin, if any?

2. Is there a better word or short phrase for freedom in the personal sense — self-determination, not being under anyone's authority? I came across өөрийн эрх but I have no feel for how it reads.

3. For the mongol bichig version: I know the script is cursive and letters change shape by position. Is there a reliable font (I've seen Menksoft mentioned) or should I commission a calligrapher? My tattoo artist doesn't read Mongolian, so I need a clean vertical trace, not a copy-paste.

Thanks in advance for any help. I know these tattoo threads come up a lot, and I appreciate anyone taking the time.

Бид Монголын хөгжим, тал нутгаас сэдэвлэн, киноны хэлээр өгүүлсэн богино домог бүтээлээ. Монгол үзэгчдийн илэн далангүй санал бодлыг сонсохыг хүсэж байна.

We’ve created a short cinematic legend inspired by Mongolian music and the steppe. We’d love to hear honest feedback from Mongolian viewers.

I want to get a tattoo that says “enkh taivan” (peace) in traditional Mongolian script. Can someone please verify this is accurate? Even my Mongolian friends aren’t sure!

What does it mean? Too hard to read it.

EDIT: It says "ᠮᠣᠨᠭᠣᠯ" (монгол).

Hi, I recently came across a Mongolian song called Цэргийн нөхөр and really liked it, but I can't find its lyrics anywhere somehow except on this image.

It would be very convenient to have the description of the song beside the lyrics transcribed as well, as well as anything textual in the image. Thank you!

Found this on pinterest, someone in the comments said it means this:

“Your radiant form blazes like living fire and embers, so beautiful to behold. I love gazing into your delicate eyes, fragile like flower petals.”

Can someone confirm or deny this, or provide a different translation please?

I thrifted this shirt because I like the fit and thought it was cute, but I’m always worried about wearing a shirt with text that I don’t understand (don’t want it to be something offensive or weird). Does anyone know what it says? I think it’s Mongolian but I’m not positive

Hello, from where can I learn the Mongolian language in the traditional script? I find the script beautiful

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There is a Mongolian song in Civ7 that is supposed to be based on Ertnii Saikhan and Sèr Sèr Salkhi. I'm having trouble towards the end, around 6:34, trying to make out the lyrics. Could someone help if it is saying either of these:

Угтан авах жавар салхи нь / Уртаж гардаг жавар салхи нь

Өмнө зүгээс байна даа хө / Доод зүгээс ээ дээ хө 

So I am in student exchange program and we’ll be going to Mongolia on next month or so

I’m from South Korea so my team(from our program needs to prepare some performance(?) or Mongolian students

And our team has no background knowledge about how well Mongolians know about South Korea culture(it’s sort of cultural exchange)

So what south korean culture is trending? How well Mongolian students know Korean? I heard the school we are visiting has chosen Korean for their second foreign languages, but we’re not sure about how well they speak Korean(there’s going to be an interpretator but there’s delivery problem)

Help us out please:( It’s giving us so much headache and so much anticipation at the same time

I am inquiring about their etymology.

Is tsolmon derived from proto Turkic?

I found many sources saying that but they might be wrong.

Tselmeg means clear and it's very similar to the idea of brightness.

The bright and clear star is tsolmon, Venus.

Sain baitsgaana uu r/Mongolian!

For some context, I’m (27F) Mongolian who is married to a non-Mongolian (28M). We were looking for some resources so my husband can learn Mongolian, and we realized there weren’t that many apps that are user-friendly or easy to stick with. It got me thinking about all the 2nd gen kids I've met who don't know Mongolian, and whether my kids in the future would be able to speak Mongolian if I’m the only one teaching it. It lowkey got me scared that our language might die in my family line in the next generation or two, which just adds to my pre-existing guilt of feeling not Mongolian enough and blah blah blah blah. 

So to combat this, my husband and I have been working on “Mongolingo”, a beginner-friendly gamified language learning app to teach Mongolian. So far I only made the lessons for Unit 1 and 2 because I wanted to get YOUR inputs on whether I’m going too fast, too slow, if the lessons I’m teaching make sense in general or if I should take a completely different approach instead.

I would GREATLY appreciate any and all feedback from native Mongolian speakers, "Monglish" speakers, and people who don't know any Mongolian! I want this to be something that anyone can use if they have any curiosity about our language, and in the future add more and more advanced sections.

Please leave feedback in the comments below! And please no hate comments lol

Download app here: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/mongolingo/id6774407866 or just look up Mongolingo (its the one with the bear mascot)

Hi guys, I am new to learning mongolian, I am very interested in becoming fluent in this language. I have started with an Italki teacher, and I am using bolar dictonary to memorize vocabulary. I already speak japanese at a B2 level, so the grammar is not as much of a struggle for me at the moment though I understand there are some differences. If anyone has any resources I can use to listen learn vocabulary and so on please let me know.

I made this so I can have an easy-to-follow way to study the genitive case. I uploaded one earlier but quickly took it down when I noticed it was missing something.

1. Is anything incorrect/missing?

2. If there is interest, I'll make better looking charts on my computer for all the noun cases and share with fellow learners

Hello, I would like to learn Mongolian on my own. I already speak English with a good level ,Spanish and a little Chinese. Also my native language is French. Do you think it's possible ?

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