Locale Mn Mn

Reference data for the Mongolian (Mongolia) locale — endonym Монгол (Монгол улс), written in the Cyrillic script, left-to-right (LTR).

Identifiers

• BCP 47 tag: mn-MN
• ISO 639-1: mn
• ISO 639-3: mon
• Script: Cyrl (Cyrillic)
• Region: MN (Mongolia)
• Text direction: ltr — left-to-right (LTR)

Speakers (approximate)

• L1 (native): 3,300,000
• L2 (additional): 200,000
• L1+L2 (total): 3,500,000

Base locale

This is a regional variant of Locale Mn 001 (Mongolian), the base/macro locale for this language.

Pluralization

CLDR plural categories for this locale: one, other (2 forms).

• one — n = 1 (e.g. 1)
• other — everything else (e.g. 0, 2~16, 100, 1000, …)

See Unicode Messageformat for writing plural messages using these categories.

Translating into this locale

Apply Locale Mn 001 with the conventions of Mongolia, where Cyrillic is the official script (the traditional Mongolian script is being re-promoted for official documents).

• Script: Cyrillic for everyday text. Where a project requires the traditional Mongolian script, provide it as a separate resource, not as a transliteration of the Cyrillic.
• Currency: tögrög (₮), placed after the amount; check CLDR mn-MN for number format.
• Dates: year-month-day with ordinal month names; the lunar calendar is used for traditional festivals (Tsagaan Sar).
• Tone: polite and respectful, with honorifics for elders and officials.

Common pitfalls

• Mixing Cyrillic and traditional script without a requirement.
• Writing Russian-style date or number formats.
• The general pitfalls in Locale Mn 001 also apply.

Learn more

• Locale for BCP 47 identifiers, locale-sensitive formatting, pluralization, and text-direction concepts that apply across all locales.
• Unicode Messageformat for writing plural/selection messages correctly for this locale's grammar.
• Unicode CLDR locale data for mn-MN (https://cldr.unicode.org)