1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Burkina Faso
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Ivory coast, Mali, Togo
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
Asia
1.6 Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.7 Regulated By
Not Available
1.8 Interesting Facts
- Mossi languages use pitch to distinguish meanings.
- Mossi is the 2nd largest ethnic group in Ivory Coast.
1.9 Similar To
Dagbani Language
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.4 Scripts
Latin
2.5 Writing Direction
Not Available
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks
Rank: 9 (Overall) ▶
3
88
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
Kia ora
3.2 Thank You
Laafi bala
3.3 How Are You?
Laafi beme ?
3.4 Good Night
Ne y yungo
3.5 Good Evening
ne y zabre
3.6 Good Afternoon
Kia ora
3.7 Good Morning
Ne y yibeogo
3.8 Please
gafare
3.9 Sorry
gafare
3.10 Bye
Wend na kon-d nindaare
3.11 I Love You
Kei te aroha au ki a koe
3.12 Excuse Me
Y gafare
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Ouapadoupou
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Burkina Faso
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Saremde
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Burkina Faso
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
Taolende
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Burkina Faso
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
7.60 million
Rank: 62 (Overall) ▶
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
0.11 %
Rank: 53 (Overall) ▶
0.11
89
5.3 Native Speakers
7.60 million
Rank: 55 (Overall) ▶
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
0.01
400
5.3.2 Native Name
Mosse
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Not Available
5.3.4 French Name
moré
5.3.5 German Name
Mossi-Sprache
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
Mossi
6 History
6.1 Origin
Not available
6.2 Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Western Sudanic
6.2.2 Branch
Gur (Voltaic)
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Mossi
6.3.3 Language Position
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
1
120
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
6.4 Scope
Individual
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
No data Available
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
mos
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
mos
7.3 ISO 639 3
mos
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
moss1236
7.6 Linguasphere
No data Available
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
Living
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available