Countries
Burkina Faso
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia
Total No. Of Countries
13
0
46
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National Language
Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Ivory coast, Mali, Togo
Abkhazia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
-
-
Interesting Facts
- Mossi languages use pitch to distinguish meanings.
- Mossi is the 2nd largest ethnic group in Ivory Coast.
- Abkhaz is a north-west Caucasian language.
- Abkhaz is spoken in Abkhazia by only 100,000 people, while in Turkey there are 500,000 people speaking Abkhaz.
Similar To
Dagbani Language
Adyghe language, Abaza language
Derived From
-
Caucasian languages
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2662
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
82
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1660
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Cyrillic
Writing Direction
-
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks27 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Kia ora
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)
Thank You
Laafi bala
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)
How Are You?
Laafi beme ?
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)
Good Night
Ne y yungo
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)
Good Evening
ne y zabre
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
Good Afternoon
Kia ora
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
Good Morning
Ne y yibeogo
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)
Please
gafare
амритана
Sorry
gafare
Амарахь
Bye
Wend na kon-d nindaare
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)
I Love You
Kei te aroha au ki a koe
-
Excuse Me
Y gafare
Извините (Izvinite)
Dialect 1
Ouapadoupou
Bzyb
Where They Speak
Burkina Faso
Abkhazia
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00106,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Saremde
Abzhywa
Where They Speak
Burkina Faso
Caucasus
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00106,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Taolende
Sadz
Where They Speak
Burkina Faso
Turkey
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00106,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
83
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
7.60 million0.13 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.11 %0.01 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
7.60 million0.13 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
5.00 million-
0.01
400
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Native Name
Mosse
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)
Alternative Names
Mossi, Mòoré, Mooré, More, Moshi, Mole, Mosi, Mòoré, Moré, More, Moshi, Mole, Mosi
Abxazo, Abkhazian
French Name
moré
abkhaze
German Name
Mossi-Sprache
Abchasisch
Pronunciation
[mɔ̀ːsì]
[abxaz]
Ethnicity
Mossi
Abkhaz people
Origin
11th Century AD
c. 1650
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Northwest Caucasian
Subgroup
Western Sudanic
-
Branch
Gur (Voltaic)
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Mossi
Abkhaz
Language Position
3728
1
120
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Signed Forms
Mossi Sign Language
Abkhaz Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data Available
ab
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mos
abk
ISO 639 2/B
mos
abk
ISO 639 3
mos
abk
ISO 639 6
mos
abks
Glottocode
moss1236
abkh1244
Linguasphere
No data Available
No data Available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Historical
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
Agglutinative