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Mossi and Russian


Russian and Mossi


Countries

Countries
Burkina Faso   
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
4   
11

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

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Afganistan   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences   

Interesting Facts
  • Mossi languages use pitch to distinguish meanings.
  • Mossi is the 2nd largest ethnic group in Ivory Coast.
  
  • In Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
  • In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
  

Similar To
Dagbani Language   
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
10   
7

How Many Consonants
16   
6
21   
11

Scripts
Latin   
Cyrillic   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks   
9
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Kia ora   
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)   

Thank You
Laafi bala   
спасибо(spasibo)   

How Are You?
Laafi beme ?   
Как дела? (Kak dela?)   

Good Night
Ne y yungo   
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)   

Good Evening
ne y zabre   
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)   

Good Afternoon
Kia ora   
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')   

Good Morning
Ne y yibeogo   
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)   

Please
gafare   
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)   

Sorry
gafare   
Извините(Izvinite)   

Bye
Wend na kon-d nindaare   
до свидания(do svidaniya)   

I Love You
Kei te aroha au ki a koe   
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)   

Excuse Me
Y gafare   
извините(izvinite)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Ouapadoupou   
Doukhobor Russian   

Where They Speak
Burkina Faso   
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
30,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Saremde   
Olonets   

Where They Speak
Burkina Faso   
Olonets   

Dialect 3
Taolende   
Novgorod   

Where They Speak
Burkina Faso   
Novgorod   

Total No. Of Dialects
8   
8
13   
13

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.60 million   
99+
276.00 million   
6

Speaking Population
0.11 %   
99+
2.33 %   
9

Native Speakers
7.60 million   
99+
166.00 million   
8

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
110.00 million   
7

Native Name
Mosse   
Русский   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Russki   

French Name
moré   
russe   

German Name
Mossi-Sprache   
Russisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]   

Ethnicity
Mossi   
Russians   

History

Origin
Not available   
1000 AD   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family   

Subgroup
Western Sudanic   
Slavic   

Branch
Gur (Voltaic)   
Eastern   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old East Slavic   

Standard Forms
Mossi   
Standard Russian   

Language Position
Not Available   
7   
7

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Russian   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
No data Available   
ru   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mos   
rus   

ISO 639 2/B
mos   
rus   

ISO 639 3
mos   
rus   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
moss1236   
russ1263   

Linguasphere
No data Available   
53-AAA-ea   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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

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Mossi and Russian Speaking population

Mossi and Russian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Mossi and Russian languages can be compared. The total count of Mossi and Russian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Mossi language is 0.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Russian language is 2.33 %. 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 Russian on Mossi vs Russian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Mossi and Russian Language Codes

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

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