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Norwegian and Mossi


Mossi and Norwegian


Countries

Countries
Norway  
Burkina Faso  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

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

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

Speaking Continents
Europe, South America  
Asia  

Minority Language
Nynorsk  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Norwegian Language Council  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • Mossi languages use pitch to distinguish meanings.
  • Mossi is the 2nd largest ethnic group in Ivory Coast.
  

Similar To
Swedish and Danish Languages  
Dagbani Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
8  
5

How Many Consonants
20  
10
16  
6

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
30 weeks  
9

Greetings

Hello
hallo  
Kia ora  

Thank You
takk  
Laafi bala  

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

Good Night
god natt  
Ne y yungo  

Good Evening
god kveld  
ne y zabre  

Good Afternoon
god ettermiddag  
Kia ora  

Good Morning
god morgen  
Ne y yibeogo  

Please
Vær så snill  
gafare  

Sorry
unnskyld  
gafare  

Bye
ha det  
Wend na kon-d nindaare  

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

Excuse Me
unnskyld meg  
Y gafare  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jamtlandic  
Ouapadoupou  

Where They Speak
Jamtland,Harjedalen  
Burkina Faso  

How Many People Speak
30,000.00  
99+
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Sognamål  
Saremde  

Where They Speak
Sogn  
Burkina Faso  

Dialect 3
Hallingmål-Valdris  
Taolende  

Where They Speak
Hallingdal, Valdres  
Burkina Faso  

Total No. Of Dialects
19  
17
8  
8

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available  
0.11 %  
99+

Native Speakers
5.00 million  
99+
7.60 million  
99+

Native Name
Norsk  
Mosse  

Alternative Names
Norsk  
Not Available  

French Name
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien  
moré  

German Name
Nynorsk  
Mossi-Sprache  

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

Ethnicity
Norwegians  
Mossi  

History

Origin
c. 1300 AD  
Not available  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
Western Sudanic  

Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)  
Gur (Voltaic)  

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Nynorsk, Bokmål  
Mossi  

Signed Forms
Signed Norwegian  
Not Available  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
no  
No data Available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nor  
mos  

ISO 639 2/B
nor  
mos  

ISO 639 3
nor  
mos  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
norw1258  
moss1236  

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

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Not Available  

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

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Norwegian and Mossi Speaking population

Norwegian and Mossi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Norwegian and Mossi languages can be compared. The total count of Norwegian and Mossi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Norwegian language is Not Available 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 Norwegian and Mossi on Norwegian vs Mossi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Norwegian and Mossi Language Codes

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

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