Countries
China, Mongolia
Zimbabwe
National Language
China, Mongolia
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)
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Interesting Facts
- Mongolian was first written using Phagspa script in late 13th century.
- There is no connection between Mongolian, Japanese and Korean, but still in terms of grammar and sentence structure they are very similar.
- Shona language is tonal language.
- The African people in Zimbabwe is made of 10 ethnic groups, each speaking a different languages, shona is spoken by 60 percent of population.
Similar To
Turkish Language
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script
Latin
Hello
Сайн уу (Sain uu)
Mhoro
Thank You
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)
Waita zvako
How Are You?
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)
Wakadini zvako?
Good Night
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)
Urare zvakanaka
Good Evening
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)
Manheru
Good Afternoon
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)
Masikati
Good Morning
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)
Mangwanani
Please
Хэрэв (Kherev)
Ndinokumbirawo
Sorry
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)
Ndineurombo
Bye
Баяртай (Bayartai)
bye
I Love You
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)
Ndinokuda
Excuse Me
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)
Pamusoro
Dialect 1
Khalkha Mongolian
Hwesa
Where They Speak
Mongolia
Zimbabwe
Dialect 2
Ordos Mongolian
Karanga
Where They Speak
Mongolia
southern Zimbabwe
Dialect 3
Khorchin Mongolian
Zezuru
Where They Speak
Mongolia
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
Native Name
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)
chiShona
Alternative Names
Khalkha, Buryat, Oirat
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
German Name
Mongolisch
Schona-Sprache
Pronunciation
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/
[ʃoːna]
Ethnicity
Mongols
Shona people
Origin
1224-1225
20th century
Language Family
Mongolic family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Mongolian
Benue-Congo
Early Forms
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian
Old Shona and Middle Shona
Standard Forms
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian
Standard Shona
Signed Forms
Mongolian Sign Language
Signed Shona
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
Glottocode
mong1331
core1255
Linguasphere
part of 44-BAA-b
99-AUT-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
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All Mongolian and Shona Dialects
Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Mongolian and Shona dialects. Various dialects of Mongolian and Shona language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Mongolian are spoken in different Mongolian Speaking Countries whereas Shona Dialects are spoken in different Shona speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Mongolian vs Shona Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Mongolian dialects include: Khalkha Mongolian, Ordos Mongolian. Shona dialects include: Hwesa , Karanga. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Mongolian and Shona Speaking population
Mongolian and Shona speaking population is one of the factors based on which Mongolian and Shona languages can be compared. The total count of Mongolian and Shona Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Mongolian language is 0.14 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Shona language is 0.13 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Mongolian and Shona on Mongolian vs Shona where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Mongolian and Shona Language Codes
Mongolian and Shona language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Mongolian and Shona Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.