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Mossi and Arabic


Arabic and Mossi


Countries

Countries
Burkina Faso   
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
23   
4

National Language
Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Ivory coast, Mali, Togo   
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen   

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

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Africa, Asia   

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

Regulated By
Not Available   
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council   

Interesting Facts
  • Mossi languages use pitch to distinguish meanings.
  • Mossi is the 2nd largest ethnic group in Ivory Coast.
  
  • Arabic is 5th common language in world.
  • Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
  

Similar To
Dagbani Language   
Amharic and Hebrew   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
28   
10

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
8   
5

How Many Consonants
16   
6
28   
18

Scripts
Latin   
Arabic   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks   
9
88 weeks   
13

Greetings

Hello
Kia ora   
مرحبا   

Thank You
Laafi bala   
شكرا   

How Are You?
Laafi beme ?   
كيف حالك؟   

Good Night
Ne y yungo   
تصبح على خير   

Good Evening
ne y zabre   
مساء الخير   

Good Afternoon
Kia ora   
مساء الخير   

Good Morning
Ne y yibeogo   
صباح الخير   

Please
gafare   
من فضلك   

Sorry
gafare   
آسف   

Bye
Wend na kon-d nindaare   
وداعا   

I Love You
Kei te aroha au ki a koe   
أحبك   

Excuse Me
Y gafare   
اعذرني   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Ouapadoupou   
Maghrebi   

Where They Speak
Burkina Faso   
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia   

Dialect 2
Saremde   
Sudanese   

Where They Speak
Burkina Faso   
Sudan   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
17,000,000.00   
6

Dialect 3
Taolende   
Levantine   

Where They Speak
Burkina Faso   
Cyprus, Levant   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
21,000,000.00   
3

Total No. Of Dialects
8   
8
26   
22

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.60 million   
99+
452.00 million   
4

Speaking Population
0.11 %   
99+
4.43 %   
6

Native Speakers
7.60 million   
99+
206.00 million   
6

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
246.00 million   
2

Native Name
Mosse   
(al arabiya) العربية   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic   

French Name
moré   
arabe   

German Name
Mossi-Sprache   
Arabisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/   

Ethnicity
Mossi   
Arabs   

History

Origin
Not available   
512 CE   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family   

Subgroup
Western Sudanic   
Semitic   

Branch
Gur (Voltaic)   
North Arabic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Mossi   
Modern Standard Arabic   

Language Position
Not Available   
25   
21

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Arabic   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
No data Available   
ar   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mos   
ara   

ISO 639 2/B
mos   
ara   

ISO 639 3
mos   
ara   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
moss1236   
arab1395   

Linguasphere
No data Available   
12-AAC   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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

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Mossi and Arabic Speaking population

Mossi and Arabic speaking population is one of the factors based on which Mossi and Arabic languages can be compared. The total count of Mossi and Arabic Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Mossi language is 0.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Arabic language is 4.43 %. 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 Arabic on Mossi vs Arabic where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Mossi and Arabic Language Codes

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

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