Mongolian language like a mixture of Korean, Japanese, Arabic, and Slovak all at the same time. I've never heard a language sound as peculiar as this. Sounds pretty awesome, really...
@@eduardoxmenezes There is no evidence of our languages having similarities or roots with Korean, Japanese, or Arabic and there is nothing similar about Mongolian with these languages. Mongolian can sound a bit slavic in the sense that there are many Russian words that have been adapted into the language during the communist era. The language this is actually similar to Mongolian is Turkish as they both originated from the same ancestors.
@@bayasgalantsogtgerel3346 and Turkish sounds as if some Slavic person was trying to speak German. It doesn't mean the languages are related, but to an untrained ear they sound similar enough or as a mix of languages they are more familiar with.
@@adapienkowska2605 ? When did I say that Turkish was ever related or sounded like a Slavic person trying to speak German? I literally wanted to make clear that the Mongolin language doesn’t sound or is related to any of the languages mentioned prior. I only brought forth Turkish as it is language that actually is related and sounds a bit similar in a sense. From sentence structures to how you use certain phrases to even having some words still being similar( for example the “sword” is almost identical in both languages).
@@bayasgalantsogtgerel3346 where I have said you said that? I just explained that most people know that Mongolian is not related to French or Slavic. They just try to describe how it sounds to them using languages they are familiar with.
Wow,I didn't realize i had never heard what mongolian sounds like. In fact I always heard them singing, not giving interviews. What a beautiful language!
I am a Mongolian. My family moved from Mongolia to Beijing in the early 20th century and moved again to Taiwan in 1949. I am pretty much localized without speaking any Mongolian and having lost all the other traditions, except that still eating much meat. My son, while studying in the undergradute, had gone back to Mongolia with a medic volunteer group around 15 years ago, he loves it there, in his wedding, he and his wife dressed the traditional Mongolian robes.
@@material_girl6099 Don't thank me, thank the Mongol people for coming up with an appealing tongue that caresses the ears. Lol! But you're welcome anyway.
@@Kushken turkic is a culture its not the origin of kazakh people you could also claim to be family with slavic russians because they had the same influence on kazakhs , this is like a korean who converted to christianity and was born and raised in a english speaking country , is he english, anglican or still Korean ?
@@liars6495 I'm pretty sure you are confusing things, Kazakhs are Turkic, they just aren't "Turkish"... And yeah, I agree, Turkic countries and people in Russia and central Asia are different from Turkey and I like those turkic people and Mongolians very much!
I dont mean to lower your spirit But if ur going to ulaanbaatar keep ur expectations low If u want the best of mongolia just go to countrysides and meet traditional nomadic people they are very welcoming, helpful and generous people Im not even joking if ur nomadic mongolian it is considered to be very rude if u dont treat anyone (even complete strangers) like they're your family member
@@durak4371 that is just your opinion, young Mongolians from cities are not rude, they are civilised and polite. Why are you telling lies? I was in Ulaanbaatar this summer, it it is a beautiful city.
I've seen a Mongol military force in Afghanistan providing security details for a compound. There was yurts inside the compound. I wish I was at that location longer to befriend some of the Mongolian service members... It was pretty cool.
I find it funny how much Mongolians hate being told they sound and look Korean- because they really do. I suspect they have a huge chip on their shoulder because they used to keep Korea as a tributary state, which was fortunate for the Koreans because the Khan spared them, thank God. But now things are different, Korea pretty much dominates the East side with Japan and China, and its never good to see your once lesser rise above you. It feels bad. But they should see Asian success, as Asian success, we all rise together. My grandmother was a Mongol who married a Korean man , so I'm always interested in Mongol. But whether they'd accept me is another thing, probably not , but its all good. Still love Mongolia either way. Also, I think Korean sounds like Mongol, not really in a phonetic sense, but in ... hrm... how do I say this, inflection? Tone? Attitude? Like how Japanese tend to say, Oii! Or how the Irish have the unique sing songy kind of sound. Mongols and Koreans share that kind of sound. If it was an instrument, they'd both be a string type instrument, but thats where the similarity ends- grammar and all that is all backwards I've heard lol.
The most important thing about Mongolia is that it is never in the news. And this is important. Because to get into the news something bad has to happen - be it a natural or man-made disaster or some other screw up (that's the tendency, unfortunately). So, my stereotype is that Mongolia is doing great.
I've been intrigued by Mongolian culture and the country itself for a while, and after watching this video I want to visit even more! And the girl is right, I think Mongolians have very unique and beautiful faces that can be high fashion models in my opinion :))
one weird thing is that we stuff a skinned sheep inside a oven with rocks and potatoes and then eat it as a feast and use the rocks to i dont know why warming up your hands and stuff
Watching this video I attest that Mongolian women look strong, beautiful and with a well tempered mind. Getting to know the Mongolian steppes and nomadic ways has always been a dream for me, now I'm also very interested in getting to know the modern life that was born from this culture. Watching from Brazil. Love.
0:00 Intro 0:22 What kinds of stereotypes do you think foreign people have about Mongolia? 3:29 True or false? Mongolians eat meat all the time. 6:36 True or false? Every Mongolian can ride a horse. 9:19 True or false? Mongolian women are beautiful and strong. 11:34 True or false? Mongolians are fierce and aggressive people. 13:58 Outro
I only know Mongols from their soldiers in Afghanistan. They were very well trained, a real modern military, and there were thousands of them in Afghanistan. I was very impressed, as many countries would send some token force that would just stand around randomly, just for the photo ops, but Mongolia sent thousands of real fighters with modern training and equipment, despite being a much less wealthy and less populous nation.
Yeah, play grounds don't last long usually. Firstly, the kids are rough with them, they'd find any to climb on top of them so there's that. Secondly, most of the playground assets are cheap and are probably from China. Personally, I would be a little surprised to find a swing in one piece and still on.
girl @11:24 says korean girls are not good looking. not true. they are so pretty compared to other asians. but i think mongols are probably pretty too. i just haven't seen enough to make a determination.
This is a really fascinating channel. RU-vid is amazing. Koreans love meat, too. And I thought Korean women were already too strong and hot tempered LOL.
The fact that those girls characterize meat eating as "unhealthy" is just awful. Damn, they've (along with many Turkic and Uralic tribes" eaten mostly meat for millennia and have adapted well to that diet. Changing it collectively won't bring them any good.
The people who say that they are eating meat look healthy, and are not fat. They are doing something right. /Мах идэж байна гэж ярьдаг хүмүүс эрүүл харагддаг, тарган биш. Тэд ямар нэгэн зөв зүйл хийж байна.
@@Мөнх-ИвээлМ It's bad for the environment if it's from big meat factories. If it's from your cattle, it isn't. Also, Not everyone has the same needs as I said. E.g. if you took an Inuit, an Aleut, etc. who has been living traditionally on fish, seals, etc. and forced them to become a vegan, they'd probably die. Red meat is good in small amounts, especially since nobody eats red meat a lot or every day
I’m Mongolian living in Japan. I don’t eat meat all the time, but of course almost every day😅. I learnt to cook washoku and integrated soy bean paste/natto to my diet. Bayaraa, thank you for creating good informative contents about our home country.
I eat meat all the time. I can't imagine I would have a meal without meat. I may be driven mad then. I deeply love beef and mutton and hate vegetables😂
@@frightfactoryYT it is also very hard to digest. After eating meat I just feel like I have to lie down and do nothing, I prefer to have my body and my mind clear. And meat is not good for that. Also our level of meat consumption is very harmful to the environment and not sustainable for the size of world population. Once you stop eating it, you stop considering it as food. And now the thought of eating meat just revolts me.
@@frightfactoryYT Well it depends on how much meat you eat a week. (Yes i'm rapping) According to some health institutions if you eat more than 500-1kg a week it's more unhealthy than healty. It also depends on what kind of meat you eat (what animal, wich part and how the nutrition of the animal was). My opinion: the best nutrition generally from a health perspective is mainly fresh vegetables with a little bit less meat. Not many fruits, bread, noodles, sweets and other stuff your body will turn into sugar without getting a lot of vitamines. And the best way would be to eat it in only one or max two meals day as there is science that suggests eating less meals = aging slower.
There's one thing Mongolia isn't short of, and that's beautiful women! As for the language it has the essence of Korean with a bit of a Welsh twang to it! But here on this video at least it looks a very urbanised society (at least in Ulaan Baatar! ) Quite a contrast to the stereo types many foreigners associate with Mongolians and Mongolia.
people say this about every freaking country. we get it, women are hot. although tbh i do find mongolians especially attractive and i don’t really know why.
Mongolia is such a cool country. :) They are an awesome people. Even so the stereotypes go I think most could not think of anything more romantic than going out into grasslands with nothing but a tent and a horse. Heck for some that's the American dream. (I also love meat) I could think of worse things.
The first time I hear the Language clearly and it is really beautiful. Softly spoken and not like Chinese which I would have imagined it to sound like.
It doesn't sound like indian or russian at all chinese too. Sounds similar to Korean and Kypchak Turkic languages and a little bit Japanese. Which is normal because of the relation. But Indian and Russian are more similar to Europan languages and even to Persian.
That might be true mixture of sounds. One thing not mentioned here is the mongolians speak (learn) in foreign languages like the locals, almost no accent. Becuase Mongolian language consists all over sounds (vowels and consonants) in the other languages.
I had never heard any of those things about Mongolian people. I always thought Mongolia must be a great place. To me it seemed to be a country of people who knew how to survive and know who they are. A place of great musical artist, textiles, creative friendly people, great food, outstanding sumo wrestlers and some of most skilled Yokozuna's I have ever seen! That's BOSS moves. I hope to visit the capitol city one day and the country side if possible. I am looking forward to learning more. Thank you for this video.
I would not set foot in Mongolia. I am so glad that Americans are not allowed to go to Mongolia anymore. Mongolia kills innocent people without good reason, especially if that person is a Muslim or Christian.
I’m one of those people who doesn’t think Korean women are good Lookin, they all looks too similar to me ! I however think Mongolian women are beautiful, they are natural looking , they have a strong aura with a feminine look !
Mongolia is such a remarkable place! Once a main land for the greatest empire the world has ever seen and now a multi culture land with really nice people not trying to invade the world
I think japanese do have the same perception about mongolians and good eyesight as well. in this manga Kengan Omega there were a mongolian fighter with bird eye vision, and I don't mean as good as falcon's but rather literally have bird views mode similar to what in modern cars.
I'm from Poland and in this country in the 80s (also in the early 90s) it was popular to call "Mongol" a person with Down's Syndrome... perhaps the worst stereotype among all existing ones, I read an article about that (John Langdon is responsible) so I suppose it's the most harmful Mongolian stereotype known in the entire Western World
Idk , maybe bcoz western used to tell story about Mongolians eating human meat and blood dirsty monsters . That's how they imagined us when they hear about Mongolian nomadic war country
yeah that's true in Belgium they still do that and sadly bully kids when they say they're mongolians they make fun of them and I hope that mindset changes one day
And also in the Philippines it's true. That's the Filipino term also for someone who has Down's Syndrome or someone who acts in an abnormal, weird, and with childish manner (could be a combination of both)
@@mellosleeplessdreamer9911 trauma still exists from lose of war in 13th century kk?? Polish lithuania Hungary combined army with crusaders lost agains mongolia.
@Jiraiya Sennin if every Filipino who understand Tagalog hears that, they understand that. It's such an offensive term to people. It's not good. That is not a joke and it lead to such a verbal abuse.
I'm at NYC. Last time a colleague who knows I'm Mongol asked me whether I am a vegan as a Mongol. I... did not know whether that was just his bad joke, considering my body type... lol
Im currently in Ulaanbaatar and hearing Mongolians speak sounds like people trying to whisper and yell at the same time. A lot of interesting sounds fascinating language ;D 🇺🇸❤🇲🇳
As someone who spent a long time in the countryside with my mentor (I was training in Bokh and had planned to join the Naadam that year), the countryside and urban populations are very accurate in the description here. That being said as someone who is Korean, I've met plenty of Korean girls who can give me a run for my money, my girlfriend being one of them! Much love from Korea :D
@@Nogu3 that's because you're Korean lol I'm just a foreigner who doesn't know any better. Maybe it's because I've been more exposed to Korean as opposed to Mongolian. If I was exposed more to Mongolian before I would have guessed that Koreans are speaking some sort of a Mongolian dialect lol Anyway both sounds cool to my ears! and turkic languages too!
@@farisfuad1150 you should visit both! Mongolia is a country as beautiful as it can be liberating. That being said I mostly spent my time with a nomadic family, not much experience in the city. Also be prepared for a lot of tsuivan lol, lots and lots of tsuivan.
If I were a Mongolian visiting Korea, I'd dress the part of a real horse warrior wearing leather carrying a sword and bow. I mean, Mongolia has an image to live up to. Why disappoint other Asians looking like any other modern city dwelling metrosexual. This would be the same if I were Scandinavian. I'd dress up as a Viking whenever I visited the neighboring countries. Too many old cultures need modern representation. Here's what I mean...I met an American who'd dress up as a cowboy each and every time he visited a foreign country. Yes, he could ride a horse. But, what do I mean when I say that he dressed up as a cowboy? It was more than just wearing a cowboy hat, boots with spurs, leather riding jacket and chaps...he even had a sheriff's badge and plastic gun (six shooter). He played the part of an American cowboy and nobody was ever disappointed to meet their first American when he visited. So, all you Mongolians, take my advice, buy yourself a sword and bow with arrows. Learn to ride a horse. Grow a crazy mustache and cut your hair in the old warrior fashion. You're sure to get those Koreans and other Asians interested in you. You don't want your ancestors disappointed...do you?
I love the way the Mongolian language sounds. I know they're nowhere close to related, but it reminds me of Welsh. And YES, they're a very goodlooking people, men and women both.
Great interviews. I wonder about the age of the people interviewed in regards to some of the questions such as riding horses. About 35 years ago I spent a few days in Kökeqota/Hohhot, a major industrial city (population about 2 million at the time) in Inner Mongolia (an area controlled by the People's Republic of China with many Mongolians). I was walking with some other young Americans in a park and we came across some young Mongolian men playing guitar. Everyone in this story would be in their mid 50s now, or older. This is how the conversation went in a mixture of Chinese and English (plus a few hand gestures). Mongolian A: Hey, are you Americans? American A: Yes we are. Mongolian A: Great! American B: Thank you. Mongolian B: Play us some music with the guitar. Mongolians A and C and D: Yes! Please! American B (after looking at his countrymen): We'd like to, but don't know how. Mongolian A: Come on, Americans! You know how. American A: Really, we don't. Mongolian A: America, Land of Rock and Roll! Come on, you can do it. American C: Really, none of us can play the guitar. Mongolian A: Come on, Rock and Roll. Elvis Presley! Country music! American A: Look, just like not every Mongolian can ride a horse and shoot a bow, not every American can play the guitar. Mongolian A (looking very confused): I can ride a horse and shoot a bow. Mongolian B: Me too. Mongolians C and D: We can too. We all can ride horses and shoot bows. I think they were serious. We sung a song but without the guitar.
@@john-tomlinson nice story, been to Hohot many times, it is the modern Mongolian trade route to buy goods and sell back at the Narantuul market in Ulaanbaatar. To prove your point, my Momgol wife cannot ride a horse, but I can get by. Going through Hothot from Ulaanbaatar to Beijing only cost $4 usd back in the day, but it took 3 days to get there. Train - car accross the border- then bus or train to Beijing. Mongols are great people to travel with, they seem to be like me, most happy when on the move. Most of the Mongols in the video were too young to have the immediate connections with the countryside. For one, most young Mongols use to go to the countryside to visit grandparents during summer, now the grandparents live in town. Also climate change is forcing the nomads to sell their herds and move to the city. When they arrive as illegals they have no civic rights, no free education and no work. Sad situation. Most of the Mongols in the video were well educated, very difficult for countryside people to get their children educated in the city. NGOs take on the work of educating countryside children.
Most Koreans have the blue dot on their butt when they are born... IJS BTW, I agree that Mongolian women are some of the most beautiful girls I have ever seen, and I've dated Koreans, Japanese, and Chinese woman.
I came here to learn my stereotypes. Can confirm - I keep meat and cheese available at all times because I feel sick if I don't keep my protein intake high.
I wonder why these people compared themselves so much to Koreans when answering. No mention of neighboring China, Siberia, or Kazakhstan, but almost every question included a comparison to South Korea. Maybe it's because these people are young and well educated and there are many exchange students from Mongolia to South Korea, so that's what they think about for other countries.
@@비열한거리-i1o Nope, most Mongols and Koreans don't look alike, genetically don't align with one another as well as Koreans mostly belong to Y DNA O, same as most of Chinese, but Mongolians mostly belong to Y DNA C which is not very common among the EastAsian farmer population. To me, Koreans mostly look like Chinese, but not Cantonese( Lingnan regional type of Chinese).
In my place(I am living near inner mongolia province of China), the eyesight of mongols living in city are terrible as fxk, only those live in Steppe have good eyesight.
also, be proud of your ancient culture. you guys seem to think it's a shame that people think mongols live in yurts. what you don't understand is that the rest or the world things this is very cool if you actually did live in yurts. who wants to see another boring city?
I was with a mongolian chick in the UK for a while, broke my heart man, I would love to visit Mongolia one day but I feel like the Mongolian dudes would beat my ass if I tried anything with any girls there haha sigh
That was very insightful! Yet they didn't tell me anything that I don't already know. The odd thing is that I don't know how I know it but, then again, I am a Mongol. 💝 P.S. One good thing about being part white is you can hold your liquor LOL.
Interesting video. I find myself intrigued by the language a bit. I couldn't make out anything on their pronunciation due to it having a lot of that tongue/spit action thing going. Sometimes it sounds like Korean, sometimes like russian, sometimes french. Would be a tremendously hard language to learn I think.
I have a Mongolian friend who is a very talented and beautiful young lady who posts many interesting sites of her country and her workouts. Every day that she posts a new scene it makes me smile.
Does it really make sense to compare Mongolians to Koreans when asking Mongols about stereotypes? I get there's the girl who studied in s. Korea, but really now... Mongols were a mighty ppl and accomplished a lot many hundreds & thousands of years ago, and their tradtional way of living is certainly admirable when you look at their resourcefulness way of living, but if you want to compare the two, I mean hey: Samsung, LG, Kia, SK, Hyundai, Amore, and I could go on and on. Mongolia has yet to become an emerging market, although it is said that in 25 years or so, it will be one of the bigger economies, which is hard to imagine at this time. Will it be due to their resourcefulness and ingenuity, or their resources? Let's not compare them to Koreans, but instead maybe Kazakhstan.
