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Mossi and Bodo


Bodo and Mossi


Countries

Countries
Burkina Faso   
Assam, India   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Ivory coast, Mali, Togo   
Assam, India   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not Available   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not Available   

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.
  
  • In ancient times, Bodo language was written using Assamese script and Roman script.
  • Bodo Language is written using Devanagari script since 1963.
  

Similar To
Dagbani Language   
Dimasa language, Garo language, Kokborok language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
45   
25

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
20   
17

How Many Consonants
16   
6
25   
15

Scripts
Latin   
Devanagari   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks   
9
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
Kia ora   
Not Available   

Thank You
Laafi bala   
Not Available   

How Are You?
Laafi beme ?   
Nungni khabora ma?   

Good Night
Ne y yungo   
मोजां हर (Mwjang Hor)   

Good Evening
ne y zabre   
Not Available   

Good Afternoon
Kia ora   
Not Available   

Good Morning
Ne y yibeogo   
मोजां फुं (Mwjang Fung)   

Please
gafare   
अननानै (Onnanwi)   

Sorry
gafare   
Not Available   

Bye
Wend na kon-d nindaare   
Not Available   

I Love You
Kei te aroha au ki a koe   
अननाइ नों (onnai Nwng)   

Excuse Me
Y gafare   
Not Available   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Ouapadoupou   
(Sønabari) Western Boro dialect   

Where They Speak
Burkina Faso   
Bongaigaon, Kokrajhar   

Dialect 2
Saremde   
(Sanzari) Eastern Boro dialect   

Where They Speak
Burkina Faso   
Barpeta, Darrang, Kamrup, Nalbari   

Dialect 3
Taolende   
(Hazari) Southern Boro dialect   

Where They Speak
Burkina Faso   
Assam, India, Nepal   

Total No. Of Dialects
8   
8
3   
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.11 %   
99+
Not Available   

Native Speakers
7.60 million   
99+
0.60 million   
99+

Native Name
Mosse   
बड़ो (boṛo)   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Bara, Bodi, Boro, Boroni, Kachari, Mech, Meche, Mechi, Meci   

French Name
moré   
Not Available   

German Name
Mossi-Sprache   
Not Available   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[bɔɽo]   

Ethnicity
Mossi   
Bodo, Mech, (Assamese)   

History

Origin
Not available   
1913   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Sino-Tibetan Family   

Subgroup
Western Sudanic   
Tibeto-Burman   

Branch
Gur (Voltaic)   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Not Available   

Standard Forms
Mossi   
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
No data Available   
Not Available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mos   
Not Available   

ISO 639 2/B
mos   
Not Available   

ISO 639 3
mos   
brx   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
moss1236   
bodo1269   

Linguasphere
No data Available   
Not Available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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All Mossi and Bodo 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 Bodo dialects. Various dialects of Mossi and Bodo language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Mossi are spoken in different Mossi Speaking Countries whereas Bodo Dialects are spoken in different Bodo speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Mossi vs Bodo Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Mossi dialects include: Ouapadoupou, Saremde. Bodo dialects include: (Sønabari) Western Boro dialect , (Sanzari) Eastern Boro dialect. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Mossi and Bodo Speaking population

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

Mossi and Bodo Language Codes

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

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