Countries
Nigeria
Burkina Faso
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Gambia, Nigeria
Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Ivory coast, Mali, Togo
Second Language
Nigeria
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
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-
Interesting Facts
- Hausa language is the most important and the best known of the Chadic branch.
- There are about one-fourth of Hausa words come from Arabic.
- Mossi languages use pitch to distinguish meanings.
- Mossi is the 2nd largest ethnic group in Ivory Coast.
Similar To
Yoruba and Igbo Languages
Dagbani Language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
4426
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
128
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3216
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
53
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks30 weeks
3
88
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Hello
sannu
Kia ora
Thank You
gode ku
Laafi bala
How Are You?
yaya dai
Laafi beme ?
Good Night
mai kyau dare
Ne y yungo
Good Evening
barka da yamma
ne y zabre
Good Afternoon
barka da rana
Kia ora
Good Morning
mai kyau safe
Ne y yibeogo
Please
Don Allah
gafare
Sorry
yi hakuri
gafare
Bye
sai anjima
Wend na kon-d nindaare
I Love You
Ina son ku
Kei te aroha au ki a koe
Excuse Me
gafara dai
Y gafare
Dialect 1
Gaananci
Ouapadoupou
Where They Speak
Ghana
Burkina Faso
How Many People Speak
50,000,000.007,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Kurhwayanci
Saremde
Where They Speak
Niger
Burkina Faso
How Many People Speak
150,000,000.007,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Daragaram
Taolende
Where They Speak
Niger
Burkina Faso
How Many People Speak
50.007,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
208
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
50.00 million7.60 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.52 %0.11 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
35.00 million7.60 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
15.00 million5.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)
Mosse
Alternative Names
Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa
Mossi, Mòoré, Mooré, More, Moshi, Mole, Mosi, Mòoré, Moré, More, Moshi, Mole, Mosi
French Name
haoussa
moré
German Name
Haussa-Sprache
Mossi-Sprache
Pronunciation
[hàʊsà]
[mɔ̀ːsì]
Ethnicity
Hausa–Fulani people
Mossi
Origin
14
11th Century AD
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Chadic
Western Sudanic
Branch
-
Gur (Voltaic)
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Hausa
Mossi
Language Position
3437
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Hausa
Mossi Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ha
No data Available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
hau
mos
ISO 639 2/B
hau
mos
ISO 639 3
hau
mos
ISO 639 6
hau
mos
Glottocode
haus1257
moss1236
Linguasphere
19-HAA-b
No data Available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
-
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
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