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Mossi and Khasi


Khasi and Mossi


Countries

Countries
Burkina Faso   
Meghalaya   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Ivory coast, Mali, Togo   
Bangladesh, India   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not Available   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not Available   

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.
  
  • Khasi language contain a large number of loanwords from Bengali and Hindi Languages.
  • There is significant dialectal variation in khasi language, since several dialects have only partial mutual intelligibility.
  

Similar To
Dagbani Language   
Not Available   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
23   
5

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
6   
3

How Many Consonants
16   
6
14   
4

Scripts
Latin   
Bengali, Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks   
9
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
Kia ora   
Kumno   

Thank You
Laafi bala   
Khublei   

How Are You?
Laafi beme ?   
Kumno phi long?   

Good Night
Ne y yungo   
thia sukh   

Good Evening
ne y zabre   
babha janmiet   

Good Afternoon
Kia ora   
babha noph-phai-sngi   

Good Morning
Ne y yibeogo   
khublei   

Please
gafare   
Sngewbha   

Sorry
gafare   
Map   

Bye
Wend na kon-d nindaare   
khublei   

I Love You
Kei te aroha au ki a koe   
ieit ieit   

Excuse Me
Y gafare   
map a nga   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Ouapadoupou   
Bhoi   

Where They Speak
Burkina Faso   
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Saremde   
Nonglung   

Where They Speak
Burkina Faso   
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Taolende   
Cherrapunji   

Where They Speak
Burkina Faso   
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
8   
8
5   
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.60 million   
99+
0.84 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.11 %   
99+
Not Available   

Native Speakers
7.60 million   
99+
0.84 million   
99+

Native Name
Mosse   
Not Available   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Kahasi, Kassi, Khasa, Khashi, Khasiyas, Khuchia   

French Name
moré   
khasi   

German Name
Mossi-Sprache   
Khasi-Sprache   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Mossi   
Khasi people   

History

Origin
Not available   
Not Available   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Austroasiatic Family   

Subgroup
Western Sudanic   
Not Available   

Branch
Gur (Voltaic)   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No Early Forms   

Standard Forms
Mossi   
Khasi   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
No data Available   
No data available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mos   
kha   

ISO 639 2/B
mos   
kha   

ISO 639 3
mos   
kha   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
moss1236   
khas1269   

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   
Not Available   

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

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Mossi and Khasi Speaking population

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

Mossi and Khasi Language Codes

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

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