Countries
Burkina Faso
Ghana, Ivory coast
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Ivory coast, Mali, Togo
Ghana
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Benin, United States of America
Regulated By
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Akan Orthography Committee
Interesting Facts
- Mossi languages use pitch to distinguish meanings.
- Mossi is the 2nd largest ethnic group in Ivory Coast.
- Ghana has over 100 ethnic groups living, and Akan is one of the largest tribe.
- Akan language came in South America, notably Suriname and Jamaica through slave trade.
Similar To
Dagbani Language
Ewe and Ga-Dangme Languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2621
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
810
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1616
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 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Kia ora
ete-sen
Thank You
Laafi bala
meda ase
How Are You?
Laafi beme ?
wo ho te sɛn?
Good Night
Ne y yungo
maadwo
Good Evening
ne y zabre
maadwo
Good Afternoon
Kia ora
maaha
Good Morning
Ne y yibeogo
maakye
Please
gafare
wae
Sorry
gafare
Kafra
Bye
Wend na kon-d nindaare
bye
I Love You
Kei te aroha au ki a koe
Me doכ wo
Excuse Me
Y gafare
mepa wo kyɛw
Dialect 1
Ouapadoupou
Asante
Where They Speak
Burkina Faso
Ghana
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.009,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Saremde
Akuapem
Where They Speak
Burkina Faso
Ghana
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.009,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Taolende
Fante
Where They Speak
Burkina Faso
Ghana
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.001,900,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
83
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
7.60 million11.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.11 %0.17 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
7.60 million11.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
5.00 million21.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Mosse
Akan
Alternative Names
Mossi, Mòoré, Mooré, More, Moshi, Mole, Mosi, Mòoré, Moré, More, Moshi, Mole, Mosi
Twi, Fante
French Name
moré
akan
German Name
Mossi-Sprache
Akan-Sprache
Pronunciation
[mɔ̀ːsì]
[ˈaːkã]
Ethnicity
Mossi
Akan people
Origin
11th Century AD
15
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Western Sudanic
-
Branch
Gur (Voltaic)
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Mossi
Akan
Language Position
37104
1
120
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Signed Forms
Mossi Sign Language
Akan Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
No data Available
ak
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mos
aka
ISO 639 2/B
mos
aka
ISO 639 3
mos
aka
ISO 639 6
mos
aka
Glottocode
moss1236
akan1251
Linguasphere
No data Available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
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