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Mossi and English


English and Mossi


Countries

Countries
Burkina Faso   
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
33   
2

National Language
Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Ivory coast, Mali, Togo   
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
South Africa   

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.
  
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  

Similar To
Dagbani Language   
Not Available   

Derived From
Not Available   
Latin   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
5   
2

How Many Consonants
16   
6
21   
11

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
7   
6

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks   
9
6 weeks   
3

Greetings

Hello
Kia ora   
Hello   

Thank You
Laafi bala   
Thank you   

How Are You?
Laafi beme ?   
How are you?   

Good Night
Ne y yungo   
Good Night   

Good Evening
ne y zabre   
Good Evening   

Good Afternoon
Kia ora   
Good Afternoon   

Good Morning
Ne y yibeogo   
Good Morning   

Please
gafare   
Please   

Sorry
gafare   
Sorry   

Bye
Wend na kon-d nindaare   
Bye   

I Love You
Kei te aroha au ki a koe   
I love you   

Excuse Me
Y gafare   
Excuse Me   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Ouapadoupou   
American English   

Where They Speak
Burkina Faso   
United States of America   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
225,000,000.00   
3

Dialect 2
Saremde   
Hiberno-English   

Where They Speak
Burkina Faso   
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
4,500,000.00   
15

Dialect 3
Taolende   
Welsh English   

Where They Speak
Burkina Faso   
United Kingdom   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
2,500,000.00   
14

Total No. Of Dialects
8   
8
188   
34

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.60 million   
99+
1,200.00 million   
1

Speaking Population
0.11 %   
99+
5.43 %   
4

Native Speakers
7.60 million   
99+
400.00 million   
3

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
400.00 million   
1

Native Name
Mosse   
English   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Not Available   

French Name
moré   
anglais   

German Name
Mossi-Sprache   
Englisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/   

Ethnicity
Mossi   
Not Available   

History

Origin
Not available   
5th Century AD   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Western Sudanic   
Not Available   

Branch
Gur (Voltaic)   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English   

Standard Forms
Mossi   
Standard English   

Language Position
Not Available   
3   
3

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed English   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
No data Available   
en   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mos   
eng   

ISO 639 2/B
mos   
eng   

ISO 639 3
mos   
eng   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
engs   

Glottocode
moss1236   
stan1293   

Linguasphere
No data Available   
52-ABA   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic   

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

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Mossi and English Speaking population

Mossi and English speaking population is one of the factors based on which Mossi and English languages can be compared. The total count of Mossi and English Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Mossi language is 0.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking English language is 5.43 %. 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 English on Mossi vs English where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Mossi and English Language Codes

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

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