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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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