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Finnish and Mossi


Mossi and Finnish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Finland  
Burkina Faso  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Estonia, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden  
Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Ivory coast, Mali, Togo  

Second Language
Estonia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Finnish language has adopted many words from Iranian, Turkic, Baltic, Germanic and Slavic languages.
  • In Finnish language, there are no articles or grammatical gender.
  
  • Mossi languages use pitch to distinguish meanings.
  • Mossi is the 2nd largest ethnic group in Ivory Coast.
  

Similar To
Estonian and Livonian Languages  
Dagbani Language  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
8  
5

How Many Consonants
13  
3
16  
6

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
30 weeks  
10

Greetings

Hello
Moi  
Kia ora  

Thank You
Kiitos  
Laafi bala  

How Are You?
Mitä kuuluu?  
Laafi beme ?  

Good Night
hyvää yötä  
Ne y yungo  

Good Evening
Hyvää iltaa  
ne y zabre  

Good Afternoon
Hyvää iltapäivää  
Kia ora  

Good Morning
Hyvää huomenta  
Ne y yibeogo  

Please
haluta  
gafare  

Sorry
Anteeksi  
gafare  

Bye
Heippa  
Wend na kon-d nindaare  

I Love You
Minä rakastan sinua  
Kei te aroha au ki a koe  

Excuse Me
Anteeksi  
Y gafare  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Colloquial Finnish  
Ouapadoupou  

Where They Speak
Finland  
Burkina Faso  

How Many People Speak
5,600,000.00  
99+
7,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Rauma  
Saremde  

Where They Speak
Finland, Rauma  
Burkina Faso  

How Many People Speak
5,600,000.00  
99+
7,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Meänkieli  
Taolende  

Where They Speak
Finland, Sweden  
Burkina Faso  

How Many People Speak
60,000.00  
99+
7,000,000.00  
33

Total No. Of Dialects
21  
19
8  
8

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
0.11 %  
99+

Native Speakers
5.40 million  
99+
7.60 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
0.01 million  
99+
5.00 million  
99+

Native Name
suomi / suomen kieli  
Mosse  

Alternative Names
Suomi  
Mossi, Mòoré, Mooré, More, Moshi, Mole, Mosi, Mòoré, Moré, More, Moshi, Mole, Mosi  

French Name
finnois  
moré  

German Name
Finnisch  
Mossi-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[ˈsuomi]  
[mɔ̀ːsì]  

Ethnicity
ethnic Finns  
Mossi  

History

Origin
1543  
11th Century AD  

Language Family
Uralic Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Finno-Ugric  
Western Sudanic  

Branch
Finnic  
Gur (Voltaic)  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Finnic language  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
standard Finnish  
Mossi  

Language Position
22  
20
37  
34

Signed Forms
Signed Finnish  
Mossi Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
fi  
No data Available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fin  
mos  

ISO 639 2/B
fin  
mos  

ISO 639 3
fin  
mos  

ISO 639 6
fin  
mos  

Glottocode
finn1318  
moss1236  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data Available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic  
-  

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

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Finnish and Mossi Speaking population

Finnish and Mossi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Finnish and Mossi languages can be compared. The total count of Finnish and Mossi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Finnish language is 0.13 % 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 Finnish and Mossi on Finnish vs Mossi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Finnish and Mossi Language Codes

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

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