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Mongolian vs Shona


Shona vs Mongolian


Countries

Countries
China, Mongolia  
Zimbabwe  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

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)  
-  

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  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Mongolian-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Shona-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
35  
17
37  
19

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
13  
10
5  
2

How Many Consonants
20  
10
46  
34

Scripts
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
30 weeks  
10

Greetings

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  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Khalkha Mongolian  
Hwesa  

Where They Speak
Mongolia  
Zimbabwe  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
99+
11,000,000.00  
36

Dialect 2
Ordos Mongolian  
Karanga  

Where They Speak
Mongolia  
southern Zimbabwe  

How Many People Speak
123,000.00  
99+
1,100,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Khorchin Mongolian  
Zezuru  

Where They Speak
Mongolia  
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland  

How Many People Speak
5,700,000.00  
35
16.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
4  
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
5.70 million  
99+
25.00 million  
40

Speaking Population
0.14 %  
99+
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
5.70 million  
99+
8.30 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million  
99+
16.00 million  
33

Native Name
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)  
chiShona  

Alternative Names
Khalkha, Buryat, Oirat  
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru  

French Name
mongol  
shona  

German Name
Mongolisch  
Schona-Sprache  

Pronunciation
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/  
[ʃoːna]  

Ethnicity
Mongols  
Shona people  

History

Origin
1224-1225  
20th century  

Language Family
Mongolic family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Mongolian  
Benue-Congo  

Branch
-  
Bantu  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian  
Old Shona and Middle Shona  

Standard Forms
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian  
Standard Shona  

Language Position
26  
24
107  
99+

Signed Forms
Mongolian Sign Language  
Signed Shona  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
mn  
sn  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mon  
sna  

ISO 639 2/B
mon  
sna  

ISO 639 3
mon  
sna  

ISO 639 6
mon  
sna  

Glottocode
mong1331  
core1255  

Linguasphere
part of 44-BAA-b  
99-AUT-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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Mongolian and Shona Language History

Comparison of Mongolian vs Shona language history gives us differences between origin of Mongolian and Shona language. History of Mongolian language states that this language originated in 1224-1225 whereas history of Shona language states that this language originated in 20th century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Mongolian and Shona Language History.

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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.

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