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Sinhalese and Mossi


Mossi and Sinhalese


Countries

Countries
Sri Lanka   
Burkina Faso   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Sri Lanka   
Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Ivory coast, Mali, Togo   

Second Language
Sri Lanka   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

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

Regulated By
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • In Sinhalese language, there are many loanwords from Dravidian languages mainly Tamil, Portuguese, Dutch and English.
  • Sinhalese language has it own script/ writing system.
  
  • Mossi languages use pitch to distinguish meanings.
  • Mossi is the 2nd largest ethnic group in Ivory Coast.
  

Similar To
Maldivian Language   
Dagbani Language   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
54   
33
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
18   
15
8   
5

How Many Consonants
36   
26
16   
6

Scripts
Sinhala alphabet   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2   
1
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
30 weeks   
9

Greetings

Hello
හලෝ (halō)   
Kia ora   

Thank You
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)   
Laafi bala   

How Are You?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)   
Laafi beme ?   

Good Night
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)   
Ne y yungo   

Good Evening
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)   
ne y zabre   

Good Afternoon
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)   
Kia ora   

Good Morning
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)   
Ne y yibeogo   

Please
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)   
gafare   

Sorry
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)   
gafare   

Bye
බායි (bāyi)   
Wend na kon-d nindaare   

I Love You
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)   
Kei te aroha au ki a koe   

Excuse Me
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)   
Y gafare   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Vedda   
Ouapadoupou   

Where They Speak
Sri Lanka   
Burkina Faso   

Dialect 2
Not Available   
Saremde   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Burkina Faso   

Dialect 3
Not Available   
Taolende   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Burkina Faso   

Total No. Of Dialects
1   
1
8   
8

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.25 %   
99+
0.11 %   
99+

Native Speakers
16.00 million   
39
7.60 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
2.00 million   
34
Not Available   

Native Name
සිංහල (sĩhala)   
Mosse   

Alternative Names
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala   
Not Available   

French Name
singhalais   
moré   

German Name
Singhalesisch   
Mossi-Sprache   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Sinhalese people   
Mossi   

History

Origin
3   
Not available   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Western Sudanic   

Branch
Indic   
Gur (Voltaic)   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Sinhalese Prakrit   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Modern Sinhalese   
Mossi   

Language Position
70   
99+
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
si   
No data Available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sin   
mos   

ISO 639 2/B
sin   
mos   

ISO 639 3
sin   
mos   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
sinh1246   
moss1236   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data Available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Not Available   

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All Sinhalese 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 Sinhalese and Mossi dialects. Various dialects of Sinhalese and Mossi language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Sinhalese are spoken in different Sinhalese Speaking Countries whereas Mossi Dialects are spoken in different Mossi speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Sinhalese vs Mossi Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Sinhalese dialects include: Vedda, Not Available. Mossi dialects include: Ouapadoupou , Saremde. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Sinhalese and Mossi Speaking population

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

Sinhalese and Mossi Language Codes

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

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