Mossi and Igbo
Countries
Burkina Faso
  
Nigeria
  
National Language
Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Ivory coast, Mali, Togo
  
Nigeria
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Equatorial Guinea
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture
  
Interesting Facts
- Mossi languages use pitch to distinguish meanings.
- Mossi is the 2nd largest ethnic group in Ivory Coast.
  
- In Igbo, there is complicated system of high and low tones indicating differences in meaning and grammatical relationships.
- Igbo has inexhaustible and rich linguistic features like idioms, proverbs, aphorisms, anecdotes etc.
  
Similar To
Dagbani Language
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Kia ora
  
kedụ
  
Thank You
Laafi bala
  
dalụ
  
How Are You?
Laafi beme ?
  
kedụ ka ịmere
  
Good Night
Ne y yungo
  
ka chi fo
  
Good Evening
ne y zabre
  
mgbede ọma
  
Good Afternoon
Kia ora
  
ehihie ọma
  
Good Morning
Ne y yibeogo
  
ụtụtụ ọma
  
Please
gafare
  
Biko
  
Sorry
gafare
  
Ndo
  
Bye
Wend na kon-d nindaare
  
Not Available
  
I Love You
Kei te aroha au ki a koe
  
a hụrụ m gị n'anya
  
Excuse Me
Y gafare
  
ngọpụ
  
Dialect 1
Ouapadoupou
  
Enuani
  
Where They Speak
Burkina Faso
  
Nigeria
  
Dialect 2
Saremde
  
Ngwa
  
Where They Speak
Burkina Faso
  
Nigeria
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,500,000.00
  
22
Dialect 3
Taolende
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Burkina Faso
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
7.60 million
  
99+
25.00 million
  
40
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
7.60 million
  
99+
25.00 million
  
32
Native Name
Mosse
  
igbo
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Ibo
  
French Name
moré
  
igbo
  
German Name
Mossi-Sprache
  
Ibo-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[iɡ͡boː]
  
Ethnicity
Mossi
  
Igbo people
  
Origin
Not available
  
30th Century BC
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Western Sudanic
  
Kwa
  
Branch
Gur (Voltaic)
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Mossi
  
Standard Igbo
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data Available
  
ig
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mos
  
ibo
  
ISO 639 2/B
mos
  
ibo
  
ISO 639 3
mos
  
ibo
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
moss1236
  
nucl1417
  
Linguasphere
No data Available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Agglutinative
  
All Mossi and Igbo 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 Igbo dialects. Various dialects of Mossi and Igbo language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Mossi are spoken in different Mossi Speaking Countries whereas Igbo Dialects are spoken in different Igbo speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Mossi vs Igbo Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Mossi dialects include: Ouapadoupou, Saremde. Igbo dialects include: Enuani , Ngwa. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Mossi and Igbo Speaking population
Mossi and Igbo speaking population is one of the factors based on which Mossi and Igbo languages can be compared. The total count of Mossi and Igbo Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Mossi language is 0.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Igbo 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 Igbo on Mossi vs Igbo where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Mossi and Igbo Language Codes
Mossi and Igbo language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Mossi and Igbo Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.