Mossi and Nepali
Countries
Burkina Faso
India, Nepal
National Language
Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Ivory coast, Mali, Togo
Nepal
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Republic of Brazil
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
People's Republic of China
Regulated By
Not Available
Language Academy of Nepal
Interesting Facts
- Mossi languages use pitch to distinguish meanings.
- Mossi is the 2nd largest ethnic group in Ivory Coast.
- Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
- Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
Similar To
Dagbani Language
Hindi
Derived From
Not Available
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Kia ora
नमस्ते (namaste)
Thank You
Laafi bala
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)
How Are You?
Laafi beme ?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)
Good Night
Ne y yungo
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)
Good Evening
ne y zabre
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)
Good Afternoon
Kia ora
Good afternoon
Good Morning
Ne y yibeogo
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)
Sorry
gafare
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
Bye
Wend na kon-d nindaare
नमस्ते (namaste)
I Love You
Kei te aroha au ki a koe
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)
Excuse Me
Y gafare
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
Dialect 1
Ouapadoupou
Doteli
Where They Speak
Burkina Faso
Nepal
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Saremde
Bajhangi
Where They Speak
Burkina Faso
India, Nepal
Dialect 3
Taolende
Baitadeli
Where They Speak
Burkina Faso
Nepal
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Mosse
नेपाली (nēpālī)
Alternative Names
Not Available
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate
French Name
moré
népalais
German Name
Mossi-Sprache
Nepali
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Mossi
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
Origin
Not available
19 BC
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Western Sudanic
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Gur (Voltaic)
Indic
Early Forms
No early forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
Standard Forms
Mossi
Nepali
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Nepali
Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
No data Available
ne
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
moss1236
nepa1254
Linguasphere
No data Available
12
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Agglutinative
All Mossi and Nepali 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 Nepali dialects. Various dialects of Mossi and Nepali language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Mossi are spoken in different Mossi Speaking Countries whereas Nepali Dialects are spoken in different Nepali speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Mossi vs Nepali Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Mossi dialects include: Ouapadoupou, Saremde. Nepali dialects include: Doteli , Bajhangi. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Mossi and Nepali Speaking population
Mossi and Nepali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Mossi and Nepali languages can be compared. The total count of Mossi and Nepali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Mossi language is 0.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Nepali language is 0.25 %. 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 Nepali on Mossi vs Nepali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Mossi and Nepali Language Codes
Mossi and Nepali language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Mossi and Nepali Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.