Countries
Burkina Faso
Myanmar
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Ivory coast, Mali, Togo
Myanmar
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Bangladesh, Burma
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Mon
Regulated By
-
Myanmar Language Commission
Interesting Facts
- Mossi languages use pitch to distinguish meanings.
- Mossi is the 2nd largest ethnic group in Ivory Coast.
- The naming of people in Burmese is strange. There is no last name, often name is rhymed such as Ming Ming, Mo Mo or Jo Jo.
- It appears as odd language to many people because it has peculiar pitch register, tonal form as language.
Similar To
Dagbani Language
Thai Language
Derived From
-
Pali Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2633
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
812
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1633
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Tangut
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Kia ora
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
Thank You
Laafi bala
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
How Are You?
Laafi beme ?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
Good Night
Ne y yungo
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
Good Evening
ne y zabre
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
Good Afternoon
Kia ora
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
Good Morning
Ne y yibeogo
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
Please
gafare
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
Sorry
gafare
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
Bye
Wend na kon-d nindaare
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
I Love You
Kei te aroha au ki a koe
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
Excuse Me
Y gafare
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
Dialect 1
Ouapadoupou
Arakanese
Where They Speak
Burkina Faso
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.002,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Saremde
Tavoyan
Where They Speak
Burkina Faso
Myanmar
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00440,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Taolende
Intha
Where They Speak
Burkina Faso
Burma
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.0090,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
85
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
7.60 million43.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.11 %0.50 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
7.60 million33.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
5.00 million10.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Mosse
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
Alternative Names
Mossi, Mòoré, Mooré, More, Moshi, Mole, Mosi, Mòoré, Moré, More, Moshi, Mole, Mosi
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
French Name
moré
birman
German Name
Mossi-Sprache
Birmanisch
Pronunciation
[mɔ̀ːsì]
[bəmɛ̀]
Ethnicity
Mossi
Bamar people
Origin
11th Century AD
1113 AD
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Western Sudanic
Tibeto-Burman
Branch
Gur (Voltaic)
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
Standard Forms
Mossi
Modern Burmese
Language Position
3743
1
120
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Signed Forms
Mossi Sign Language
Burmese sign language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data Available
my
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mos
mya
ISO 639 2/B
mos
bur
ISO 639 3
mos
mya
ISO 639 6
mos
mya
Glottocode
moss1236
sout3159
Linguasphere
No data Available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
Analytic, Isolating