Countries
Countries
Burkina Faso
Indonesia
Total No. Of Countries
1
14
1
14
National Language
Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Ivory coast, Mali, Togo
Indonesia
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
Malaysia, Netherlands, Singapore, Suriname
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.
- The Javanese group is the largest ethnic group in Indonesian.
- The earliest writing in Javanese dates from the 4th Century AD, at that time Javanese was written with the Pallava alphabet.
Similar To
Dagbani Language
Madurese, Sundanese and Balinese Languages
Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Mossi-Alphabets.jpg#200
Javanese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Alphabets
26
8
27
9
Phonology
How Many Vowels
8
5
6
3
How Many Consonants
16
6
21
11
Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Javanese, Latin
Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
3
2
4
3
Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks
9
36 weeks
10
Greetings
Hello
Kia ora
Halo
Thank You
Laafi bala
matur nuwun
How Are You?
Laafi beme ?
piye kabare?
Good Night
Ne y yungo
wengi sing apik
Good Evening
ne y zabre
Sugeng sọnten
Good Afternoon
Kia ora
Sugeng siang
Good Morning
Ne y yibeogo
Sugeng énjing
Please
gafare
Not Available
Sorry
gafare
Nyuwun pangapunten
Bye
Wend na kon-d nindaare
Kepanggih malih benjang
I Love You
Kei te aroha au ki a koe
Kula tresna panjengan
Excuse Me
Y gafare
Nuwun séwu
Dialects
Dialect 1
Ouapadoupou
Pekalongan
Where They Speak
Burkina Faso
Indonesia
Dialect 2
Saremde
Cirebon
Where They Speak
Burkina Faso
Indonesia
Dialect 3
Taolende
Arekan
Where They Speak
Burkina Faso
Indonesia
Total No. Of Dialects
8
8
16
15
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
7.60 million
99+
82.00 million
19
Speaking Population
0.11 %
99+
1.25 %
13
Native Speakers
7.60 million
99+
76.00 million
13
Native Name
Mosse
basa Jawa
Alternative Names
Not Available
Djawa, Jawa
French Name
moré
javanais
German Name
Mossi-Sprache
Javanisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Mossi
Javanese (Mataram, Osing, Tenggerese, Boyanese, Samin, Cirebonese, Banyumasan, etc)
History
Origin
Not available
450 AD
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Western Sudanic
Indonesian
Branch
Gur (Voltaic)
Not Available
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Mossi
Javanese
Language Position
Not Available
11
10
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
Code
ISO 639 1
No data Available
jv
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mos
jav
ISO 639 2/B
mos
jav
ISO 639 3
mos
jav
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
moss1236
java1253
Linguasphere
No data Available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
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