Countries
Zimbabwe
China, Mongolia
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
Alphabets in
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Mongolian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script
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
Dialect 2
Karanga
Ordos Mongolian
Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe
Mongolia
Dialect 3
Zezuru
Khorchin Mongolian
Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
Mongolia
Native Name
chiShona
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)
Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
Khalkha, Buryat, Oirat
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
Early Forms
Old Shona and Middle Shona
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian
Standard Forms
Standard Shona
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian
Signed Forms
Signed Shona
Mongolian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
Glottocode
core1255
mong1331
Linguasphere
99-AUT-a
part of 44-BAA-b
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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Shona and Mongolian 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 Shona and Mongolian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Shona and Mongolian language. Shona word for "Hello" is Mhoro or Mongolian word for "Thank You" is та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa). Find more of such common Shona Greetings and Mongolian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Shona vs Mongolian Difficulty
The Shona vs Mongolian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Shona Alphabets and Mongolian 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 Shona and Mongolian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Shona and Mongolian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Shona is 30 weeks while to learn Mongolian time required is 44 weeks.