Countries
Myanmar
Burkina Faso
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Myanmar
Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Ivory coast, Mali, Togo
Second Language
Bangladesh, Burma
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Mon
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Myanmar Language Commission
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Interesting Facts
- The naming of people in Burmese is strange. There is no last name, often name is rhymed such as Ming Ming, Mo Mo or Jo Jo.
- It appears as odd language to many people because it has peculiar pitch register, tonal form as language.
- Mossi languages use pitch to distinguish meanings.
- Mossi is the 2nd largest ethnic group in Ivory Coast.
Similar To
Thai Language
Dagbani Language
Derived From
Pali Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
3326
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
128
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3316
9
60
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Scripts
Tangut
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
44 weeks30 weeks
3
88
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Hello
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
Kia ora
Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
Laafi bala
How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
Laafi beme ?
Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
Ne y yungo
Good Evening
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
ne y zabre
Good Afternoon
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
Kia ora
Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
Ne y yibeogo
Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
gafare
Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
gafare
Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
Wend na kon-d nindaare
I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
Kei te aroha au ki a koe
Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
Y gafare
Dialect 1
Arakanese
Ouapadoupou
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
Burkina Faso
How Many People Speak
2,000,000.007,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Tavoyan
Saremde
Where They Speak
Myanmar
Burkina Faso
How Many People Speak
440,000.007,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Intha
Taolende
Where They Speak
Burma
Burkina Faso
How Many People Speak
90,000.007,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
58
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
43.00 million7.60 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.50 %0.11 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
33.00 million7.60 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
10.00 million5.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
Mosse
Alternative Names
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
Mossi, Mòoré, Mooré, More, Moshi, Mole, Mosi, Mòoré, Moré, More, Moshi, Mole, Mosi
French Name
birman
moré
German Name
Birmanisch
Mossi-Sprache
Pronunciation
[bəmɛ̀]
[mɔ̀ːsì]
Ethnicity
Bamar people
Mossi
Origin
1113 AD
11th Century AD
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
Western Sudanic
Branch
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Gur (Voltaic)
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Burmese
Mossi
Language Position
4337
1
120
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Signed Forms
Burmese sign language
Mossi Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
my
No data Available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mya
mos
ISO 639 2/B
bur
mos
ISO 639 3
mya
mos
ISO 639 6
mya
mos
Glottocode
sout3159
moss1236
Linguasphere
No data available
No data Available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
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