Şovunkeln language

Şovunkeln
шовун келн
Native to	Byasa
Region	Southern Byasa
Ethnicity	Şovunkyn
Native speakers	19 million (2022)
Language family	Uulgadzan Şovunkeln
Early form	Middle Uulgadzan
Writing system	Cyrillic
Official status
Official language in	Byasa
Language codes
ISO 639-2	Son
ISO 639-3	Sov

The Şovunkeln language (шовун келн; Western: s̆ovun keln) is the largest language of the Uulgadzan language family. It is spoken natively by the Şovunkyn people of Byasa and is one of the nation's official languages. Approximately 19 million people are fluent in Şovunkeln. It is an official language of COEC.

Şovunkeln developed in isolated communities in what is now the Nyasa province of Byasa around 1450. It spread quickly throughout the regions of the Union of Uul in what is now southern Byasa. It shares many similarities with Uulgadzan, however they are mutually unintelligible. Today, Şovunkeln is most commonly spoken in southern Byasa and is the primary working language for local affairs in the city of Rigrongseb.