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