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Mongolian and Mossi


Mossi and Mongolian


Countries

Countries
China, Mongolia  
Burkina Faso  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
China, Mongolia  
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
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Mongolian was first written using Phagspa script in late 13th century.
  • There is no connection between Mongolian, Japanese and Korean, but still in terms of grammar and sentence structure they are very similar.
  
  • Mossi languages use pitch to distinguish meanings.
  • Mossi is the 2nd largest ethnic group in Ivory Coast.
  

Similar To
Turkish Language  
Dagbani Language  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
35  
17
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
13  
10
8  
5

How Many Consonants
20  
10
16  
6

Scripts
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
30 weeks  
10

Greetings

Hello
Сайн уу (Sain uu)  
Kia ora  

Thank You
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)  
Laafi bala  

How Are You?
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)  
Laafi beme ?  

Good Night
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)  
Ne y yungo  

Good Evening
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)  
ne y zabre  

Good Afternoon
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)  
Kia ora  

Good Morning
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)  
Ne y yibeogo  

Please
Хэрэв (Kherev)  
gafare  

Sorry
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)  
gafare  

Bye
Баяртай (Bayartai)  
Wend na kon-d nindaare  

I Love You
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)  
Kei te aroha au ki a koe  

Excuse Me
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)  
Y gafare  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Khalkha Mongolian  
Ouapadoupou  

Where They Speak
Mongolia  
Burkina Faso  

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

Dialect 2
Ordos Mongolian  
Saremde  

Where They Speak
Mongolia  
Burkina Faso  

How Many People Speak
123,000.00  
99+
7,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Khorchin Mongolian  
Taolende  

Where They Speak
Mongolia  
Burkina Faso  

How Many People Speak
5,700,000.00  
35
7,000,000.00  
33

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
8  
8

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.14 %  
99+
0.11 %  
99+

Native Speakers
5.70 million  
99+
7.60 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million  
99+
5.00 million  
99+

Native Name
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)  
Mosse  

Alternative Names
Khalkha, Buryat, Oirat  
Mossi, Mòoré, Mooré, More, Moshi, Mole, Mosi, Mòoré, Moré, More, Moshi, Mole, Mosi  

French Name
mongol  
moré  

German Name
Mongolisch  
Mossi-Sprache  

Pronunciation
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/  
[mɔ̀ːsì]  

Ethnicity
Mongols  
Mossi  

History

Origin
1224-1225  
11th Century AD  

Language Family
Mongolic family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Mongolian  
Western Sudanic  

Branch
-  
Gur (Voltaic)  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian  
Mossi  

Language Position
26  
24
37  
34

Signed Forms
Mongolian Sign Language  
Mossi Sign Language  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
mn  
No data Available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mon  
mos  

ISO 639 2/B
mon  
mos  

ISO 639 3
mon  
mos  

ISO 639 6
mon  
mos  

Glottocode
mong1331  
moss1236  

Linguasphere
part of 44-BAA-b  
No data Available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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

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Mongolian and Mossi Speaking population

Mongolian and Mossi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Mongolian and Mossi languages can be compared. The total count of Mongolian and Mossi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Mongolian language is 0.14 % 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 Mongolian and Mossi on Mongolian vs Mossi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Mongolian and Mossi Language Codes

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

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