Mossi and Cantonese
Countries
Burkina Faso
Hong Kong, Macau
National Language
Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Ivory coast, Mali, Togo
China, Guangdong
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Hawaii
Regulated By
Not Available
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
Interesting Facts
- Mossi languages use pitch to distinguish meanings.
- Mossi is the 2nd largest ethnic group in Ivory Coast.
- Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
- Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
Similar To
Dagbani Language
Chinese Language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Mossi-Alphabets.jpg#200
Cantonese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
How Are You?
Laafi beme ?
你好吗？
Good Evening
ne y zabre
晚上好
Good Afternoon
Kia ora
下午好
Good Morning
Ne y yibeogo
早上好
Bye
Wend na kon-d nindaare
再见
I Love You
Kei te aroha au ki a koe
我爱你
Dialect 1
Ouapadoupou
Guangzhou
Where They Speak
Burkina Faso
outside mainland China
Where They Speak
Burkina Faso
Hong Kong
Dialect 3
Taolende
Hong Kong
Where They Speak
Burkina Faso
Hong Kong
Native Name
Mosse
Kwang Tung Wa
Alternative Names
Not Available
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
French Name
moré
Not Available
German Name
Mossi-Sprache
Not Available
Pronunciation
Not Available
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Ethnicity
Mossi
Not Available
Origin
Not available
17th century
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Western Sudanic
Not Available
Branch
Gur (Voltaic)
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Mossi
Standard Cantonese
Signed Forms
Not Available
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Scope
Individual
Not Available
ISO 639 1
No data Available
No data available
ISO 639 2/T
mos
Not Available
ISO 639 2/B
mos
Not Available
ISO 639 3
mos
No data available
ISO 639 6
Not Available
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Glottocode
moss1236
cant1236
Linguasphere
No data Available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Not Available
Language Linguistic Typology
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Language Morphological Typology
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All Mossi and Cantonese 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 Cantonese dialects. Various dialects of Mossi and Cantonese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Mossi are spoken in different Mossi Speaking Countries whereas Cantonese Dialects are spoken in different Cantonese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Mossi vs Cantonese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Mossi dialects include: Ouapadoupou, Saremde. Cantonese dialects include: Guangzhou , Xiguan. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Mossi and Cantonese Speaking population
Mossi and Cantonese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Mossi and Cantonese languages can be compared. The total count of Mossi and Cantonese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Mossi language is 0.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Cantonese language is 16.00 %. 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 Cantonese on Mossi vs Cantonese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Mossi and Cantonese Language Codes
Mossi and Cantonese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Mossi and Cantonese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.