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German and Mossi


Mossi and German


Countries

Countries
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland  
Burkina Faso  

Total No. Of Countries
7  
8
1  
14

National Language
Germany  
Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Ivory coast, Mali, Togo  

Second Language
North Dakota, United States of America  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Council for German Orthography  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
  • The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
  
  • Mossi languages use pitch to distinguish meanings.
  • Mossi is the 2nd largest ethnic group in Ivory Coast.
  

Similar To
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages  
Dagbani Language  

Derived From
Albanian Languages  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
8  
5

How Many Consonants
9  
1
16  
6

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
10
30 weeks  
10

Greetings

Hello
hallo  
Kia ora  

Thank You
Danke  
Laafi bala  

How Are You?
Wie geht es dir?  
Laafi beme ?  

Good Night
gute Nacht  
Ne y yungo  

Good Evening
guten Abend  
ne y zabre  

Good Afternoon
guten Tag  
Kia ora  

Good Morning
guten Morgen  
Ne y yibeogo  

Please
bitte  
gafare  

Sorry
Verzeihung  
gafare  

Bye
Tschüs  
Wend na kon-d nindaare  

I Love You
Ich liebe dich  
Kei te aroha au ki a koe  

Excuse Me
Entschuldigung  
Y gafare  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Swiss German  
Ouapadoupou  

Where They Speak
Switzerland  
Burkina Faso  

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00  
99+
7,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Swabian German  
Saremde  

Where They Speak
Germany  
Burkina Faso  

How Many People Speak
820,000.00  
99+
7,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Texas German  
Taolende  

Where They Speak
Texas  
Burkina Faso  

How Many People Speak
6,000.00  
99+
7,000,000.00  
33

Total No. Of Dialects
28  
23
8  
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
229.00 million  
8
7.60 million  
99+

Speaking Population
1.39 %  
13
0.11 %  
99+

Native Speakers
101.00 million  
10
7.60 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
128.00 million  
5
5.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Deutsch  
Mosse  

Alternative Names
Deutsch, Tedesco  
Mossi, Mòoré, Mooré, More, Moshi, Mole, Mosi, Mòoré, Moré, More, Moshi, Mole, Mosi  

French Name
allemand  
moré  

German Name
Deutsch  
Mossi-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]  
[mɔ̀ːsì]  

Ethnicity
Germans  
Mossi  

History

Origin
6th Century AD  
11th Century AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
Western Sudanic  

Branch
Western  
Gur (Voltaic)  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German  
Mossi  

Language Position
9  
9
37  
34

Signed Forms
Signed German  
Mossi Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
de  
No data Available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
deu  
mos  

ISO 639 2/B
ger  
mos  

ISO 639 3
deu  
mos  

ISO 639 6
deus  
mos  

Glottocode
high1287, uppe1397  
moss1236  

Linguasphere
52-ACB–dl & -dm  
No data Available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
-  

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

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German and Mossi Speaking population

German and Mossi speaking population is one of the factors based on which German and Mossi languages can be compared. The total count of German and Mossi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking German language is 1.39 % 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 German and Mossi on German vs Mossi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

German and Mossi Language Codes

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

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