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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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