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Mongolian and Shona


Shona and 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)   
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

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

Alphabets
35   
17
Not Available   

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
13   
10
5   
2

How Many Consonants
20   
10
46   
34

Scripts
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
Not Available   

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   

Dialect 2
Ordos Mongolian   
Karanga   

Where They Speak
Mongolia   
southern Zimbabwe   

How Many People Speak
123,000.00   
34
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Khorchin Mongolian   
Zezuru   

Where They Speak
Mongolia   
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland   

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
Not Available   
0.13 %   
99+

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   

History

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   
107   
99+

Signed Forms
Mongolian Sign Language   
Not Available   

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
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   

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

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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.

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