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)
  
Not Available
  
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
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Mongolian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Shona-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Alphabets
Not Available
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
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
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Khorchin Mongolian
  
Zezuru
  
Where They Speak
Mongolia
  
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
  
How Many People Speak?
5.70 million
  
99+
25.00 million
  
40
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
5.70 million
  
99+
8.30 million
  
99+
Native Name
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)
  
Not Available
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
  
French Name
mongol
  
shona
  
German Name
Mongolisch
  
Schona-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Origin
1224-1225
  
20th century
  
Language Family
Mongolic family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Mongolian
  
Benue-Congo
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Bantu
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian
  
Not Available
  
Standard Forms
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian
  
Not Available
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Mongolian Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
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
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
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
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Mongolian and Shona Speaking population
Mongolian and Shona speaking population is one of the factors based on which Mongolian and Shona languages can be compared. The total count of Mongolian and Shona Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Mongolian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Shona language is 0.13 %. 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 Mongolian and Shona on Mongolian vs Shona where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Mongolian and Shona Language Codes
Mongolian and Shona language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Mongolian and Shona Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.