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Shona
Shona

Mongolian
Mongolian



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Countries

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

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

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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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Greetings

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)

Dialects

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

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
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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

History

Origin

20th century
1224-1225

Language Family

Niger-Congo Family
Mongolic family

Subgroup

Benue-Congo
Mongolian

Branch

Bantu
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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

Code

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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Shona and Mongolian Alphabets

Shona and Mongolian Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Shona and Mongolian. In Shona Alphabets there are 37 letters while in Mongolian Alphabets there are 35 letters. To learn Shona and Mongolian languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Shona and Mongolian languages. The Shona phonology consist Shona vowels and Shona consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Shona greetings vs Mongolian greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Shona and Mongolian are Most Spoken Languages.

All Shona and Mongolian 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 Shona and Mongolian dialects. Various dialects of Shona and Mongolian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Shona are spoken in different Shona Speaking Countries whereas Mongolian Dialects are spoken in different Mongolian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Shona vs Mongolian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Shona dialects include: Hwesa, Karanga. Mongolian dialects include: Khalkha Mongolian , Ordos Mongolian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Shona and Mongolian Speaking population

Shona and Mongolian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Shona and Mongolian languages can be compared. The total count of Shona and Mongolian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Shona language is 0.13 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Mongolian language is 0.14 %. 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 Shona and Mongolian on Shona vs Mongolian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Shona and Mongolian Language Codes

Shona and Mongolian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Shona and Mongolian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.