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German and Mossi


Mossi and German


Countries

Countries
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland   
Burkina Faso   

Total No. Of Countries
7   
8
1   
14

National Language
Germany   
Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Ivory coast, Mali, Togo   

Second Language
North Dakota, United States of America   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Asia   

Minority Language
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Council for German Orthography   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
  • The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
  
  • Mossi languages use pitch to distinguish meanings.
  • Mossi is the 2nd largest ethnic group in Ivory Coast.
  

Similar To
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages   
Dagbani Language   

Derived From
Albanian Languages   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
8   
5

How Many Consonants
9   
1
16   
6

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks   
9
30 weeks   
9

Greetings

Hello
hallo   
Kia ora   

Thank You
Danke   
Laafi bala   

How Are You?
Wie geht es dir?   
Laafi beme ?   

Good Night
gute Nacht   
Ne y yungo   

Good Evening
guten Abend   
ne y zabre   

Good Afternoon
guten Tag   
Kia ora   

Good Morning
guten Morgen   
Ne y yibeogo   

Please
bitte   
gafare   

Sorry
Verzeihung   
gafare   

Bye
Tschüs   
Wend na kon-d nindaare   

I Love You
Ich liebe dich   
Kei te aroha au ki a koe   

Excuse Me
Entschuldigung   
Y gafare   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Swiss German   
Ouapadoupou   

Where They Speak
Switzerland   
Burkina Faso   

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00   
18
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Swabian German   
Saremde   

Where They Speak
Germany   
Burkina Faso   

How Many People Speak
820,000.00   
26
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Texas German   
Taolende   

Where They Speak
Texas   
Burkina Faso   

How Many People Speak
6,000.00   
35
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
28   
23
8   
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
229.00 million   
8
7.60 million   
99+

Speaking Population
1.39 %   
12
0.11 %   
99+

Native Speakers
101.00 million   
10
7.60 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
128.00 million   
5
Not Available   

Native Name
Deutsch   
Mosse   

Alternative Names
Deutsch, Tedesco   
Not Available   

French Name
allemand   
moré   

German Name
Deutsch   
Mossi-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Germans   
Mossi   

History

Origin
6th Century AD   
Not available   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Germanic   
Western Sudanic   

Branch
Western   
Gur (Voltaic)   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German   
Mossi   

Language Position
9   
9
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Signed German   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
de   
No data Available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
deu   
mos   

ISO 639 2/B
ger   
mos   

ISO 639 3
deu   
mos   

ISO 639 6
deus   
Not Available   

Glottocode
high1287, uppe1397   
moss1236   

Linguasphere
52-ACB–dl & -dm   
No data Available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Not Available   

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

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German and Mossi Speaking population

German and Mossi speaking population is one of the factors based on which German and Mossi languages can be compared. The total count of German and Mossi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking German language is 1.39 % 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 German and Mossi on German vs Mossi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

German and Mossi Language Codes

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

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