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Cantonese and Mossi


Mossi and Cantonese


Countries

Countries
Hong Kong, Macau  
Burkina Faso  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
China, Guangdong  
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
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Hawaii  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
  • Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
  
  • Mossi languages use pitch to distinguish meanings.
  • Mossi is the 2nd largest ethnic group in Ivory Coast.
  

Similar To
Chinese Language  
Dagbani Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
28  
10
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
8  
5

How Many Consonants
20  
10
16  
6

Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
10  
8
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
13
30 weeks  
9

Greetings

Hello
您好  
Kia ora  

Thank You
谢谢  
Laafi bala  

How Are You?
你好吗?  
Laafi beme ?  

Good Night
晚安  
Ne y yungo  

Good Evening
晚上好  
ne y zabre  

Good Afternoon
下午好  
Kia ora  

Good Morning
早上好  
Ne y yibeogo  

Please
请  
gafare  

Sorry
遗憾  
gafare  

Bye
再见  
Wend na kon-d nindaare  

I Love You
我爱你  
Kei te aroha au ki a koe  

Excuse Me
原谅我  
Y gafare  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Guangzhou  
Ouapadoupou  

Where They Speak
outside mainland China  
Burkina Faso  

Dialect 2
Xiguan  
Saremde  

Where They Speak
Hong Kong  
Burkina Faso  

Dialect 3
Hong Kong  
Taolende  

Where They Speak
Hong Kong  
Burkina Faso  

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
8  
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
60.00 million  
27
7.60 million  
99+

Speaking Population
16.00 %  
2
0.11 %  
99+

Native Speakers
52.00 million  
21
7.60 million  
99+

Native Name
Kwang Tung Wa  
Mosse  

Alternative Names
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese  
Not Available  

French Name
Not Available  
moré  

German Name
Not Available  
Mossi-Sprache  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Mossi  

History

Origin
17th century  
Not available  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Western Sudanic  

Branch
Not Available  
Gur (Voltaic)  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Cantonese  
Mossi  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Not Available  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
No data Available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
Not Available  
mos  

ISO 639 2/B
Not Available  
mos  

ISO 639 3
No data available  
mos  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
cant1236  
moss1236  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data Available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

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

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Cantonese and Mossi Speaking population

Cantonese and Mossi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Cantonese and Mossi languages can be compared. The total count of Cantonese and Mossi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Cantonese language is 16.00 % 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 Cantonese and Mossi on Cantonese vs Mossi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Cantonese and Mossi Language Codes

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

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