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Khmer and Mossi


Mossi and Khmer


Countries

Countries
Cambodia  
Burkina Faso  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam  
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
Australia, France, United States of America  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
-  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Khmer is not the tonal language.
  • Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
  
  • Mossi languages use pitch to distinguish meanings.
  • Mossi is the 2nd largest ethnic group in Ivory Coast.
  

Similar To
Lao Language  
Dagbani Language  

Derived From
Pali and Sanskrit Languages  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53  
32
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
20  
17
8  
5

How Many Consonants
33  
23
16  
6

Scripts
Khmer  
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
ជំរាបសួរ (jomreab suor)  
Kia ora  

Thank You
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)  
Laafi bala  

How Are You?
អ្នក​សុខសប្បាយ​ទេ  
Laafi beme ?  

Good Night
រាត្រីលា  
Ne y yungo  

Good Evening
ល្ងង់អរិយដ្ឋរ  
ne y zabre  

Good Afternoon
លើកលែងរសៀល  
Kia ora  

Good Morning
អរុណ​ប្រចាំឡើង  
Ne y yibeogo  

Please
សូម  
gafare  

Sorry
សូរី  
gafare  

Bye
លាស់ជាស្រី (leah sah srey)  
Wend na kon-d nindaare  

I Love You
បងបានស្រលាញ់អូន  
Kei te aroha au ki a koe  

Excuse Me
សូមទាញយក  
Y gafare  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Khmer  
Ouapadoupou  

Where They Speak
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America  
Burkina Faso  

How Many People Speak
1,400,000.00  
99+
7,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Khmer Krom  
Saremde  

Where They Speak
Vietnam  
Burkina Faso  

How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00  
99+
7,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Western Khmer  
Taolende  

Where They Speak
Cambodia, Thailand  
Burkina Faso  

How Many People Speak
16,000,000.00  
27
7,000,000.00  
33

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
8  
8

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.24 %  
99+
0.11 %  
99+

Native Speakers
13.00 million  
99+
7.60 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
16.00 million  
33
5.00 million  
99+

Native Name
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)  
Mosse  

Alternative Names
Cambodian, Khmer  
Mossi, Mòoré, Mooré, More, Moshi, Mole, Mosi, Mòoré, Moré, More, Moshi, Mole, Mosi  

French Name
khmer central  
moré  

German Name
Kambodschanisch  
Mossi-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]  
[mɔ̀ːsì]  

Ethnicity
Khmer, Northern Khmer  
Mossi  

History

Origin
14  
11th Century AD  

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
-  
Western Sudanic  

Branch
-  
Gur (Voltaic)  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Khmer  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Modern Khmer  
Mossi  

Language Position
1  
1
37  
34

Signed Forms
Khmer Sign Language  
Mossi Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
km  
No data Available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
khm  
mos  

ISO 639 2/B
khm  
mos  

ISO 639 3
khm  
mos  

ISO 639 6
khm  
mos  

Glottocode
khme1253  
moss1236  

Linguasphere
48-ACB  
No data Available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
-  

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

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Khmer and Mossi Speaking population

Khmer and Mossi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Khmer and Mossi languages can be compared. The total count of Khmer and Mossi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Khmer language is 0.24 % 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 Khmer and Mossi on Khmer vs Mossi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Khmer and Mossi Language Codes

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

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