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Mossi and Abkhaz


Abkhaz and Mossi


Countries

Countries
Burkina Faso  
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
3  
12

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

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Europe  

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

Regulated By
Not Available  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • Mossi languages use pitch to distinguish meanings.
  • Mossi is the 2nd largest ethnic group in Ivory Coast.
  
  • Abkhaz is a north-west Caucasian language.
  • Abkhaz is spoken in Abkhazia by only 100,000 people, while in Turkey there are 500,000 people speaking Abkhaz.
  

Similar To
Dagbani Language  
Adyghe language, Abaza language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Caucasian languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
62  
36

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
2  
1

How Many Consonants
16  
6
60  
36

Scripts
Latin  
Cyrillic  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
Not Available  

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
9
27 weeks  
8

Greetings

Hello
Kia ora  
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)  

Thank You
Laafi bala  
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)  

How Are You?
Laafi beme ?  
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)  

Good Night
Ne y yungo  
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)  

Good Evening
ne y zabre  
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)  

Good Afternoon
Kia ora  
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)  

Good Morning
Ne y yibeogo  
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)  

Please
gafare  
Not Available  

Sorry
gafare  
Not Available  

Bye
Wend na kon-d nindaare  
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)  

I Love You
Kei te aroha au ki a koe  
Not available  

Excuse Me
Y gafare  
Not available  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Ouapadoupou  
Bzyb  

Where They Speak
Burkina Faso  
Abkhazia  

Dialect 2
Saremde  
Abzhywa  

Where They Speak
Burkina Faso  
Caucasus  

Dialect 3
Taolende  
Sadz  

Where They Speak
Burkina Faso  
Turkey  

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.60 million  
99+
0.13 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.11 %  
99+
Not Available  

Native Speakers
7.60 million  
99+
0.13 million  
99+

Native Name
Mosse  
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)  

Alternative Names
Not Available  
Abxazo, Abkhazian  

French Name
moré  
abkhaze  

German Name
Mossi-Sprache  
Abchasisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Mossi  
Abkhaz people  

History

Origin
Not available  
c. 1650  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Northwest Caucasian  

Subgroup
Western Sudanic  
Not Available  

Branch
Gur (Voltaic)  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Mossi  
Abkhaz  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data Available  
ab  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mos  
abk  

ISO 639 2/B
mos  
abk  

ISO 639 3
mos  
abk  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
abks  

Glottocode
moss1236  
abkh1244  

Linguasphere
No data Available  
No data Available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Historical  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Agglutinative  

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

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Mossi and Abkhaz Speaking population

Mossi and Abkhaz speaking population is one of the factors based on which Mossi and Abkhaz languages can be compared. The total count of Mossi and Abkhaz Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Mossi language is 0.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Abkhaz language is Not Available. 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 Mossi and Abkhaz on Mossi vs Abkhaz where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Mossi and Abkhaz Language Codes

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

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