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Mossi and Norwegian


Norwegian and Mossi


Countries

Countries
Burkina Faso   
Norway   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Ivory coast, Mali, Togo   
Norway   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Europe, South America   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Nynorsk   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Norwegian Language Council   

Interesting Facts
  • Mossi languages use pitch to distinguish meanings.
  • Mossi is the 2nd largest ethnic group in Ivory Coast.
  
  • Bergen is one of the Norwegian dialect which has only two genders: common and neuter.
  • Since Norwegian language uses pitch accents, it has musical quality and are sometimes employed to distinguish the meanings of homonyms.
  

Similar To
Dagbani Language   
Swedish and Danish Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
9   
6

How Many Consonants
16   
6
20   
10

Scripts
Latin   
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
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
Kia ora   
hallo   

Thank You
Laafi bala   
takk   

How Are You?
Laafi beme ?   
hvordan har du det?   

Good Night
Ne y yungo   
god natt   

Good Evening
ne y zabre   
god kveld   

Good Afternoon
Kia ora   
god ettermiddag   

Good Morning
Ne y yibeogo   
god morgen   

Please
gafare   
Vær så snill   

Sorry
gafare   
unnskyld   

Bye
Wend na kon-d nindaare   
ha det   

I Love You
Kei te aroha au ki a koe   
Jeg Elsker Deg   

Excuse Me
Y gafare   
unnskyld meg   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Ouapadoupou   
Jamtlandic   

Where They Speak
Burkina Faso   
Jamtland,Harjedalen   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
30,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Saremde   
Sognamål   

Where They Speak
Burkina Faso   
Sogn   

Dialect 3
Taolende   
Hallingmål-Valdris   

Where They Speak
Burkina Faso   
Hallingdal, Valdres   

Total No. Of Dialects
8   
8
19   
17

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.11 %   
99+
Not Available   

Native Speakers
7.60 million   
99+
5.00 million   
99+

Native Name
Mosse   
Norsk   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Norsk   

French Name
moré   
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien   

German Name
Mossi-Sprache   
Nynorsk   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian) [nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)   

Ethnicity
Mossi   
Norwegians   

History

Origin
Not available   
c. 1300 AD   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Western Sudanic   
Germanic   

Branch
Gur (Voltaic)   
Northern (Scandinavian)   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian   

Standard Forms
Mossi   
Nynorsk, Bokmål   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Norwegian   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
No data Available   
no   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mos   
nor   

ISO 639 2/B
mos   
nor   

ISO 639 3
mos   
nor   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
moss1236   
norw1258   

Linguasphere
No data Available   
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Fusional   

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

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Mossi and Norwegian Speaking population

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

Mossi and Norwegian Language Codes

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

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