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Mossi and German


German and Mossi


Countries

Countries
Burkina Faso   
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
7   
8

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

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
North Dakota, United States of America   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Europe   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Council for German Orthography   

Interesting Facts
  • Mossi languages use pitch to distinguish meanings.
  • Mossi is the 2nd largest ethnic group in Ivory Coast.
  
  • One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
  • The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
  

Similar To
Dagbani Language   
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Albanian Languages   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
10   
7

How Many Consonants
16   
6
9   
1

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks   
9
30 weeks   
9

Greetings

Hello
Kia ora   
hallo   

Thank You
Laafi bala   
Danke   

How Are You?
Laafi beme ?   
Wie geht es dir?   

Good Night
Ne y yungo   
gute Nacht   

Good Evening
ne y zabre   
guten Abend   

Good Afternoon
Kia ora   
guten Tag   

Good Morning
Ne y yibeogo   
guten Morgen   

Please
gafare   
bitte   

Sorry
gafare   
Verzeihung   

Bye
Wend na kon-d nindaare   
Tschüs   

I Love You
Kei te aroha au ki a koe   
Ich liebe dich   

Excuse Me
Y gafare   
Entschuldigung   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Ouapadoupou   
Swiss German   

Where They Speak
Burkina Faso   
Switzerland   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
4,500,000.00   
18

Dialect 2
Saremde   
Swabian German   

Where They Speak
Burkina Faso   
Germany   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
820,000.00   
26

Dialect 3
Taolende   
Texas German   

Where They Speak
Burkina Faso   
Texas   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
6,000.00   
35

Total No. Of Dialects
8   
8
28   
23

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.60 million   
99+
229.00 million   
8

Speaking Population
0.11 %   
99+
1.39 %   
12

Native Speakers
7.60 million   
99+
101.00 million   
10

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
128.00 million   
5

Native Name
Mosse   
Deutsch   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Deutsch, Tedesco   

French Name
moré   
allemand   

German Name
Mossi-Sprache   
Deutsch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]   

Ethnicity
Mossi   
Germans   

History

Origin
Not available   
6th Century AD   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Western Sudanic   
Germanic   

Branch
Gur (Voltaic)   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Mossi   
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German   

Language Position
Not Available   
9   
9

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed German   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
No data Available   
de   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mos   
deu   

ISO 639 2/B
mos   
ger   

ISO 639 3
mos   
deu   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
deus   

Glottocode
moss1236   
high1287, uppe1397   

Linguasphere
No data Available   
52-ACB–dl & -dm   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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

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Mossi and German Speaking population

Mossi and German speaking population is one of the factors based on which Mossi and German languages can be compared. The total count of Mossi and German Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Mossi language is 0.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking German language is 1.39 %. 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 German on Mossi vs German where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Mossi and German Language Codes

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

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