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Russian and Mossi


Mossi and Russian


Countries

Countries
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan   
Burkina Faso   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
1   
14

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

Second Language
Afganistan   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Asia   

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

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

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

Similar To
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages   
Dagbani Language   

Derived From
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
8   
5

How Many Consonants
21   
11
16   
6

Scripts
Cyrillic   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
30 weeks   
9

Greetings

Hello
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)   
Kia ora   

Thank You
спасибо(spasibo)   
Laafi bala   

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

Good Night
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)   
Ne y yungo   

Good Evening
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)   
ne y zabre   

Good Afternoon
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')   
Kia ora   

Good Morning
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)   
Ne y yibeogo   

Please
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)   
gafare   

Sorry
Извините(Izvinite)   
gafare   

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

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

Excuse Me
извините(izvinite)   
Y gafare   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doukhobor Russian   
Ouapadoupou   

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

How Many People Speak
30,000.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Olonets   
Saremde   

Where They Speak
Olonets   
Burkina Faso   

Dialect 3
Novgorod   
Taolende   

Where They Speak
Novgorod   
Burkina Faso   

Total No. Of Dialects
13   
13
8   
8

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
2.33 %   
9
0.11 %   
99+

Native Speakers
166.00 million   
8
7.60 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
110.00 million   
7
Not Available   

Native Name
Русский   
Mosse   

Alternative Names
Russki   
Not Available   

French Name
russe   
moré   

German Name
Russisch   
Mossi-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Russians   
Mossi   

History

Origin
1000 AD   
Not available   

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

Subgroup
Slavic   
Western Sudanic   

Branch
Eastern   
Gur (Voltaic)   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old East Slavic   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard Russian   
Mossi   

Language Position
7   
7
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Signed Russian   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ru   
No data Available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
rus   
mos   

ISO 639 2/B
rus   
mos   

ISO 639 3
rus   
mos   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
russ1263   
moss1236   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-ea   
No data Available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Not Available   

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

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Russian and Mossi Speaking population

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

Russian and Mossi Language Codes

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

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