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Arabic and Mossi


Mossi and Arabic


Countries

Countries
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen   
Burkina Faso   

Total No. Of Countries
23   
4
1   
14

National Language
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen   
Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Ivory coast, Mali, Togo   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Arabic is 5th common language in world.
  • Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
  
  • Mossi languages use pitch to distinguish meanings.
  • Mossi is the 2nd largest ethnic group in Ivory Coast.
  

Similar To
Amharic and Hebrew   
Dagbani Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Arabic.jpg#200   
Mossi-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
28   
10
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
8   
5

How Many Consonants
28   
18
16   
6

Scripts
Arabic   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
30 weeks   
9

Greetings

Hello
مرحبا   
Kia ora   

Thank You
شكرا   
Laafi bala   

How Are You?
كيف حالك؟   
Laafi beme ?   

Good Night
تصبح على خير   
Ne y yungo   

Good Evening
مساء الخير   
ne y zabre   

Good Afternoon
مساء الخير   
Kia ora   

Good Morning
صباح الخير   
Ne y yibeogo   

Please
من فضلك   
gafare   

Sorry
آسف   
gafare   

Bye
وداعا   
Wend na kon-d nindaare   

I Love You
أحبك   
Kei te aroha au ki a koe   

Excuse Me
اعذرني   
Y gafare   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Maghrebi   
Ouapadoupou   

Where They Speak
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia   
Burkina Faso   

Dialect 2
Sudanese   
Saremde   

Where They Speak
Sudan   
Burkina Faso   

How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00   
6
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Levantine   
Taolende   

Where They Speak
Cyprus, Levant   
Burkina Faso   

How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00   
3
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
26   
22
8   
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
452.00 million   
4
7.60 million   
99+

Speaking Population
4.43 %   
6
0.11 %   
99+

Native Speakers
206.00 million   
6
7.60 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
246.00 million   
2
Not Available   

Native Name
(al arabiya) العربية   
Mosse   

Alternative Names
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic   
Not Available   

French Name
arabe   
moré   

German Name
Arabisch   
Mossi-Sprache   

Pronunciation
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Arabs   
Mossi   

History

Origin
512 CE   
Not available   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Semitic   
Western Sudanic   

Branch
North Arabic   
Gur (Voltaic)   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Modern Standard Arabic   
Mossi   

Language Position
25   
21
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Signed Arabic   
Not Available   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ar   
No data Available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ara   
mos   

ISO 639 2/B
ara   
mos   

ISO 639 3
ara   
mos   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
arab1395   
moss1236   

Linguasphere
12-AAC   
No data Available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Not Available   

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All Arabic and Mossi 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 Arabic and Mossi dialects. Various dialects of Arabic and Mossi language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Arabic are spoken in different Arabic Speaking Countries whereas Mossi Dialects are spoken in different Mossi speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Arabic vs Mossi Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Arabic dialects include: Maghrebi, Sudanese. Mossi dialects include: Ouapadoupou , Saremde. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Arabic and Mossi Speaking population

Arabic and Mossi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Arabic and Mossi languages can be compared. The total count of Arabic and Mossi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Arabic language is 4.43 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Mossi language is 0.11 %. 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 Arabic and Mossi on Arabic vs Mossi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Arabic and Mossi Language Codes

Arabic and Mossi language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Arabic and Mossi Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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