Countries
Myanmar
Burkina Faso
National Language
Myanmar
Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Ivory coast, Mali, Togo
Second Language
Bangladesh, Burma
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Mon
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Myanmar Language Commission
Not Available
Interesting Facts
- The naming of people in Burmese is strange. There is no last name, often name is rhymed such as Ming Ming, Mo Mo or Jo Jo.
- It appears as odd language to many people because it has peculiar pitch register, tonal form as language.
- Mossi languages use pitch to distinguish meanings.
- Mossi is the 2nd largest ethnic group in Ivory Coast.
Similar To
Thai Language
Dagbani Language
Derived From
Pali Language
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
Hello
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
Kia ora
Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
Laafi bala
How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
Laafi beme ?
Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
Ne y yungo
Good Evening
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
ne y zabre
Good Afternoon
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
Kia ora
Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
Ne y yibeogo
Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
gafare
Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
gafare
Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
Wend na kon-d nindaare
I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
Kei te aroha au ki a koe
Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
Y gafare
Dialect 1
Arakanese
Ouapadoupou
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
Burkina Faso
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Tavoyan
Saremde
Where They Speak
Myanmar
Burkina Faso
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
Burma
Burkina Faso
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
Mosse
Alternative Names
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
Not Available
German Name
Birmanisch
Mossi-Sprache
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Bamar people
Mossi
Origin
1113 AD
Not available
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
Western Sudanic
Branch
Not Available
Gur (Voltaic)
Early Forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Burmese
Mossi
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Burmese sign language
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
my
No data Available
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
sout3159
moss1236
Linguasphere
No data available
No data Available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Not Available
All Burmese 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 Burmese and Mossi dialects. Various dialects of Burmese and Mossi language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Burmese are spoken in different Burmese Speaking Countries whereas Mossi Dialects are spoken in different Mossi speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Burmese vs Mossi Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Burmese dialects include: Arakanese, Tavoyan. Mossi dialects include: Ouapadoupou , Saremde. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Burmese and Mossi Speaking population
Burmese and Mossi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Burmese and Mossi languages can be compared. The total count of Burmese and Mossi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Burmese language is 0.50 % 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 Burmese and Mossi on Burmese vs Mossi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Burmese and Mossi Language Codes
Burmese and Mossi language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Burmese and Mossi Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.