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Shona vs Mongolian


Mongolian vs Shona


Countries

Countries
Zimbabwe   
China, Mongolia   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

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
Not Available   
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
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
Not Available   
35   
17

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
13   
10

How Many Consonants
46   
34
20   
10

Scripts
Latin   
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
44 weeks   
11

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   

Dialect 2
Karanga   
Ordos Mongolian   

Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe   
Mongolia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
123,000.00   
34

Dialect 3
Zezuru   
Khorchin Mongolian   

Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland   
Mongolia   

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
8   
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million   
40
5.70 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.13 %   
99+
Not Available   

Native Speakers
8.30 million   
99+
5.70 million   
99+

Native Name
Not Available   
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)   

Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru   
Not Available   

French Name
shona   
mongol   

German Name
Schona-Sprache   
Mongolisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Not Available   

History

Origin
20th century   
1224-1225   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Mongolic family   

Subgroup
Benue-Congo   
Mongolian   

Branch
Bantu   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Not Available   
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian   

Standard Forms
Not Available   
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian   

Language Position
107   
99+
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
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
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
core1255   
mong1331   

Linguasphere
99-AUT-a   
part of 44-BAA-b   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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Shona and Mongolian Language History

Comparison of Shona vs Mongolian language history gives us differences between origin of Shona and Mongolian language. History of Shona language states that this language originated in 20th century whereas history of Mongolian language states that this language originated in 1224-1225. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Shona and Mongolian Language History.

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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 Not Available while to learn Mongolian time required is 44 weeks.

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