Countries
Burkina Faso
Assam, India
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Ivory coast, Mali, Togo
Assam, India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
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Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
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Regulated By
-
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Interesting Facts
- Mossi languages use pitch to distinguish meanings.
- Mossi is the 2nd largest ethnic group in Ivory Coast.
- In ancient times, Bodo language was written using Assamese script and Roman script.
- Bodo Language is written using Devanagari script since 1963.
Similar To
Dagbani Language
Dimasa language, Garo language, Kokborok language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
2645
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
820
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1625
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Devanagari
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
35
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks34 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Kia ora
नमस्कार
Thank You
Laafi bala
धन्यवाद
How Are You?
Laafi beme ?
Nungni khabora ma?
Good Night
Ne y yungo
मोजां हर (Mwjang Hor)
Good Evening
ne y zabre
बोडो
Good Afternoon
Kia ora
अन्धानि बार
Good Morning
Ne y yibeogo
मोजां फुं (Mwjang Fung)
Please
gafare
अननानै (Onnanwi)
Sorry
gafare
दु:खित
Bye
Wend na kon-d nindaare
Lwrbw
I Love You
Kei te aroha au ki a koe
अननाइ नों (onnai Nwng)
Excuse Me
Y gafare
दु:खित
Dialect 1
Ouapadoupou
(Sønabari) Western Boro dialect
Where They Speak
Burkina Faso
Bongaigaon, Kokrajhar
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.001,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Saremde
(Sanzari) Eastern Boro dialect
Where They Speak
Burkina Faso
Barpeta, Darrang, Kamrup, Nalbari
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.001,500,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Taolende
(Hazari) Southern Boro dialect
Where They Speak
Burkina Faso
Assam, India, Nepal
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.001,300,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
83
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
7.60 million0.60 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.11 %0.01 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
7.60 million0.60 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
5.00 million1.50 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Mosse
बड़ो (boṛo)
Alternative Names
Mossi, Mòoré, Mooré, More, Moshi, Mole, Mosi, Mòoré, Moré, More, Moshi, Mole, Mosi
Bara, Bodi, Boro, Boroni, Kachari, Mech, Meche, Mechi, Meci
French Name
moré
bodo
German Name
Mossi-Sprache
Bodo
Pronunciation
[mɔ̀ːsì]
[bɔɽo]
Ethnicity
Mossi
Bodo, Mech, (Assamese)
Origin
11th Century AD
1913
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Western Sudanic
Tibeto-Burman
Branch
Gur (Voltaic)
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Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
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Standard Forms
Mossi
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Language Position
3730
1
120
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Signed Forms
Mossi Sign Language
Signed Bodo
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data Available
br
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mos
brx
ISO 639 2/B
mos
brx
ISO 639 3
mos
brx
ISO 639 6
mos
brx
Glottocode
moss1236
bodo1269
Linguasphere
No data Available
59-AAB
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Language Morphological Typology
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