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Mossi and Burmese


Burmese and Mossi


Countries

Countries
Burkina Faso   
Myanmar   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

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

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Bangladesh, Burma   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Mon   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Myanmar Language Commission   

Interesting Facts
  • Mossi languages use pitch to distinguish meanings.
  • Mossi is the 2nd largest ethnic group in Ivory Coast.
  
  • The naming of people in Burmese is strange. There is no last name, often name is rhymed such as Ming Ming, Mo Mo or Jo Jo.
  • It appears as odd language to many people because it has peculiar pitch register, tonal form as language.
  

Similar To
Dagbani Language   
Thai Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Pali Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
12   
9

How Many Consonants
16   
6
33   
23

Scripts
Latin   
Tangut   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks   
9
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Kia ora   
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)   

Thank You
Laafi bala   
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)   

How Are You?
Laafi beme ?   
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)   

Good Night
Ne y yungo   
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)   

Good Evening
ne y zabre   
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)   

Good Afternoon
Kia ora   
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)   

Good Morning
Ne y yibeogo   
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)   

Please
gafare   
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)   

Sorry
gafare   
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)   

Bye
Wend na kon-d nindaare   
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)   

I Love You
Kei te aroha au ki a koe   
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)   

Excuse Me
Y gafare   
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Ouapadoupou   
Arakanese   

Where They Speak
Burkina Faso   
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
2,000,000.00   
24

Dialect 2
Saremde   
Tavoyan   

Where They Speak
Burkina Faso   
Myanmar   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
440,000.00   
30

Dialect 3
Taolende   
Intha   

Where They Speak
Burkina Faso   
Burma   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
90,000.00   
30

Total No. Of Dialects
8   
8
5   
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.60 million   
99+
43.00 million   
30

Speaking Population
0.11 %   
99+
0.50 %   
29

Native Speakers
7.60 million   
99+
33.00 million   
28

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
10.00 million   
23

Native Name
Mosse   
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa   

French Name
moré   
birman   

German Name
Mossi-Sprache   
Birmanisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Mossi   
Bamar people   

History

Origin
Not available   
1113 AD   

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   
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese   

Standard Forms
Mossi   
Modern Burmese   

Language Position
Not Available   
43   
32

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Burmese sign language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
No data Available   
my   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mos   
mya   

ISO 639 2/B
mos   
bur   

ISO 639 3
mos   
mya   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
moss1236   
sout3159   

Linguasphere
No data Available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Analytic, Isolating   

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

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Mossi and Burmese Speaking population

Mossi and Burmese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Mossi and Burmese languages can be compared. The total count of Mossi and Burmese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Mossi language is 0.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Burmese language is 0.50 %. 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 Burmese on Mossi vs Burmese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Mossi and Burmese Language Codes

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

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