Countries
Burkina Faso
South Africa
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Ivory coast, Mali, Togo
South Africa
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Namibia, South Africa
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Regulated By
-
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
Interesting Facts
- Mossi languages use pitch to distinguish meanings.
- Mossi is the 2nd largest ethnic group in Ivory Coast.
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
Similar To
Dagbani Language
Dutch Language
Derived From
-
Dutch Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2632
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
815
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1617
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks24 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Kia ora
hallo
Thank You
Laafi bala
Dankie
How Are You?
Laafi beme ?
Hoe gaan dit
Good Night
Ne y yungo
goeie nag
Good Evening
ne y zabre
Goeienaand
Good Afternoon
Kia ora
Goeie middag
Good Morning
Ne y yibeogo
goeie more
Please
gafare
asseblief
Sorry
gafare
jammer
Bye
Wend na kon-d nindaare
Totsiens
I Love You
Kei te aroha au ki a koe
Ek het jou lief
Excuse Me
Y gafare
Verskoon my
Dialect 1
Ouapadoupou
Kaapse Afrikaans
Where They Speak
Burkina Faso
-
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.007,700,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Saremde
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Where They Speak
Burkina Faso
-
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.007,700,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Taolende
Baster Afrikaans
Where They Speak
Burkina Faso
Namibia
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.007.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
83
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
7.60 million19.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.11 %0.03 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
7.60 million7.10 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
5.00 million10.30 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Mosse
Afrikaans
Alternative Names
Mossi, Mòoré, Mooré, More, Moshi, Mole, Mosi, Mòoré, Moré, More, Moshi, Mole, Mosi
Cape Dutch
French Name
moré
afrikaans
German Name
Mossi-Sprache
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
[mɔ̀ːsì]
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
Ethnicity
Mossi
Afrikaners
Origin
11th Century AD
17th Century
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Western Sudanic
Germanic
Branch
Gur (Voltaic)
Western
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
Standard Forms
Mossi
Standard Afrikaans
Language Position
3723
1
120
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Signed Forms
Mossi Sign Language
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data Available
af
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mos
afr
ISO 639 2/B
mos
afr
ISO 639 3
mos
afr
ISO 639 6
mos
afrs
Glottocode
moss1236
afri1274
Linguasphere
No data Available
52-ACB-ba
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
Analytic