Countries
Zimbabwe
China, Mongolia
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
China, Mongolia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
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Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)
Interesting Facts
- 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.
- 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.
Similar To
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Turkish Language
Derived From
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-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3735
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
513
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4620
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
43
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Mhoro
Сайн уу (Sain uu)
Thank You
Waita zvako
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)
How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)
Good Night
Urare zvakanaka
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)
Good Evening
Manheru
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)
Good Afternoon
Masikati
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)
Good Morning
Mangwanani
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)
Please
Ndinokumbirawo
Хэрэв (Kherev)
Sorry
Ndineurombo
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)
Bye
bye
Баяртай (Bayartai)
I Love You
Ndinokuda
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)
Excuse Me
Pamusoro
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)
Dialect 1
Hwesa
Khalkha Mongolian
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
Mongolia
How Many People Speak
11,000,000.006,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Karanga
Ordos Mongolian
Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe
Mongolia
How Many People Speak
1,100,000.00123,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Zezuru
Khorchin Mongolian
Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
Mongolia
How Many People Speak
16.005,700,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
48
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
25.00 million5.70 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.13 %0.14 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
8.30 million5.70 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
16.00 million5.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
chiShona
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)
Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
Khalkha, Buryat, Oirat
French Name
shona
mongol
German Name
Schona-Sprache
Mongolisch
Pronunciation
[ʃoːna]
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/
Ethnicity
Shona people
Mongols
Origin
20th century
1224-1225
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Mongolic family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Mongolian
Branch
Bantu
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Shona and Middle Shona
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian
Standard Forms
Standard Shona
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian
Language Position
10726
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Shona
Mongolian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
sn
mn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
sna
mon
ISO 639 2/B
sna
mon
ISO 639 3
sna
mon
ISO 639 6
sna
mon
Glottocode
core1255
mong1331
Linguasphere
99-AUT-a
part of 44-BAA-b
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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