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Mossi and Chinese


Countries

Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan  
Burkina Faso  

Total No. Of Countries
5  
10
1  
14

National Language
China, Taiwan  
Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Ivory coast, Mali, Togo  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
  • In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
  
  • Mossi languages use pitch to distinguish meanings.
  • Mossi is the 2nd largest ethnic group in Ivory Coast.
  

Similar To
Not Available  
Dagbani Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
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Mossi-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
26  
8
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
24  
19
8  
5

How Many Consonants
23  
13
16  
6

Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
13
30 weeks  
9

Greetings

Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)  
Kia ora  

Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)  
Laafi bala  

How Are You?
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)  
Laafi beme ?  

Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)  
Ne y yungo  

Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)  
ne y zabre  

Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)  
Kia ora  

Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)  
Ne y yibeogo  

Please
请 (Qǐng)  
gafare  

Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)  
gafare  

Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)  
Wend na kon-d nindaare  

I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)  
Kei te aroha au ki a koe  

Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)  
Y gafare  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mandarin  
Ouapadoupou  

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan  
Burkina Faso  

How Many People Speak
960,000,000.00  
1
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Wu  
Saremde  

Where They Speak
China, United States of America  
Burkina Faso  

How Many People Speak
80,000,000.00  
1
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Yue  
Taolende  

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam  
Burkina Faso  

How Many People Speak
60,000,000.00  
2
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
10  
10
8  
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million  
2
7.60 million  
99+

Speaking Population
16.00 %  
2
0.11 %  
99+

Native Speakers
873.00 million  
1
7.60 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
178.00 million  
3
Not Available  

Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)  
Mosse  

Alternative Names
Not Available  
Not Available  

French Name
chinois  
moré  

German Name
Chinesisch  
Mossi-Sprache  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Han  
Mossi  

History

Origin
1250 BC  
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 Chinese  
Mossi  

Language Position
1  
1
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
zh  
No data Available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
zho  
mos  

ISO 639 2/B
chi  
mos  

ISO 639 3
zho  
mos  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
sini1245  
moss1236  

Linguasphere
79-AAA  
No data Available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Not Available  

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

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Chinese and Mossi Speaking population

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

Chinese and Mossi Language Codes

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

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