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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Mongolian and Shona Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Mongolian and Shona greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Mongolian and Shona language. Mongolian word for "Hello" is Сайн уу (Sain uu) or Shona word for "Thank You" is Waita zvako. Find more of such common Mongolian Greetings and Shona Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Mongolian vs Shona Difficulty
The Mongolian vs Shona difficulty level basically depends on the number of Mongolian Alphabets and Shona Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Mongolian and Shona are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Mongolian and Shona, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Mongolian is 44 weeks while to learn Shona time required is 30 weeks.