Countries
South Africa
Burkina Faso
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
South Africa
Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Ivory coast, Mali, Togo
Second Language
Namibia, South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
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Interesting Facts
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
- Mossi languages use pitch to distinguish meanings.
- Mossi is the 2nd largest ethnic group in Ivory Coast.
Similar To
Dutch Language
Dagbani Language
Derived From
Dutch Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
3226
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
158
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1716
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks30 weeks
3
88
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Hello
hallo
Kia ora
Thank You
Dankie
Laafi bala
How Are You?
Hoe gaan dit
Laafi beme ?
Good Night
goeie nag
Ne y yungo
Good Evening
Goeienaand
ne y zabre
Good Afternoon
Goeie middag
Kia ora
Good Morning
goeie more
Ne y yibeogo
Please
asseblief
gafare
Sorry
jammer
gafare
Bye
Totsiens
Wend na kon-d nindaare
I Love You
Ek het jou lief
Kei te aroha au ki a koe
Excuse Me
Verskoon my
Y gafare
Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans
Ouapadoupou
Where They Speak
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Burkina Faso
How Many People Speak
7,700,000.007,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Saremde
Where They Speak
-
Burkina Faso
How Many People Speak
7,700,000.007,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans
Taolende
Where They Speak
Namibia
Burkina Faso
How Many People Speak
7.007,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
38
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
19.00 million7.60 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.03 %0.11 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
7.10 million7.60 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
10.30 million5.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Afrikaans
Mosse
Alternative Names
Cape Dutch
Mossi, Mòoré, Mooré, More, Moshi, Mole, Mosi, Mòoré, Moré, More, Moshi, Mole, Mosi
French Name
afrikaans
moré
German Name
Afrikaans
Mossi-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
[mɔ̀ːsì]
Ethnicity
Afrikaners
Mossi
Origin
17th Century
11th Century AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Western Sudanic
Branch
Western
Gur (Voltaic)
Language Forms
Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans
Mossi
Language Position
2337
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Mossi Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
af
No data Available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
afr
mos
ISO 639 2/B
afr
mos
ISO 639 3
afr
mos
ISO 639 6
afrs
mos
Glottocode
afri1274
moss1236
Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba
No data Available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
Analytic
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