Cantonese and Mossi
Countries
Hong Kong, Macau
Burkina Faso
National Language
China, Guangdong
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
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Hawaii
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
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Interesting Facts
- Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
- Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
- Mossi languages use pitch to distinguish meanings.
- Mossi is the 2nd largest ethnic group in Ivory Coast.
Similar To
Chinese Language
Dagbani Language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
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Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
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How Are You?
你好吗？
Laafi beme ?
Good Evening
晚上好
ne y zabre
Good Afternoon
下午好
Kia ora
Good Morning
早上好
Ne y yibeogo
Bye
再见
Wend na kon-d nindaare
I Love You
我爱你
Kei te aroha au ki a koe
Dialect 1
Guangzhou
Ouapadoupou
Where They Speak
outside mainland China
Burkina Faso
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
Burkina Faso
Dialect 3
Hong Kong
Taolende
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
Burkina Faso
Native Name
Kwang Tung Wa
Mosse
Alternative Names
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
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French Name
Not Available
moré
German Name
Not Available
Mossi-Sprache
Pronunciation
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Ethnicity
Not Available
Mossi
Origin
17th century
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Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
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Western Sudanic
Branch
Not Available
Gur (Voltaic)
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Cantonese
Mossi
Signed Forms
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Scope
Not Available
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
No data Available
ISO 639 2/T
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mos
ISO 639 2/B
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mos
ISO 639 3
No data available
mos
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
cant1236
moss1236
Linguasphere
No data available
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Language Type
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Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Language Morphological Typology
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All Cantonese 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 Cantonese and Mossi dialects. Various dialects of Cantonese and Mossi language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Cantonese are spoken in different Cantonese Speaking Countries whereas Mossi Dialects are spoken in different Mossi speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Cantonese vs Mossi Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Cantonese dialects include: Guangzhou, Xiguan. Mossi dialects include: Ouapadoupou , Saremde. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Cantonese and Mossi Speaking population
Cantonese and Mossi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Cantonese and Mossi languages can be compared. The total count of Cantonese and Mossi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Cantonese language is 16.00 % 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 Cantonese and Mossi on Cantonese vs Mossi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Cantonese and Mossi Language Codes
Cantonese and Mossi language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Cantonese and Mossi Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.