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Mossi and Igbo


Igbo and Mossi


Countries

Countries
Burkina Faso   
Nigeria   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

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

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

Alphabets
26   
8
36   
18

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
8   
5

How Many Consonants
16   
6
28   
18

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks   
9
52 weeks   
12

Greetings

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   

Dialects

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   

Total No. Of Dialects
8   
8
20   
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.60 million   
99+
25.00 million   
40

Speaking Population
0.11 %   
99+
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   

History

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   
57   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

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   

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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.

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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.

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