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Mossi and Burmese


Burmese and Mossi


Countries

Countries
Burkina Faso  
Myanmar  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

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

Alphabets in
Mossi-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Burmese-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
26  
8
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
12  
9

How Many Consonants
16  
6
33  
23

Scripts
Latin  
Tangut  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
10
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

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)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Ouapadoupou  
Arakanese  

Where They Speak
Burkina Faso  
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar  

How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00  
99+
2,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Saremde  
Tavoyan  

Where They Speak
Burkina Faso  
Myanmar  

How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00  
99+
440,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Taolende  
Intha  

Where They Speak
Burkina Faso  
Burma  

How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00  
33
90,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
5  
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.60 million  
99+
43.00 million  
30

Speaking Population
0.11 %  
99+
0.50 %  
31

Native Speakers
7.60 million  
99+
33.00 million  
28

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million  
99+
10.00 million  
99+

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  

History

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
37  
34
43  
40

Signed Forms
Mossi Sign Language  
Burmese sign language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

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  

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All Mossi and Burmese Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Mossi and Burmese dialects. Various dialects of Mossi and Burmese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Mossi are spoken in different Mossi Speaking Countries whereas Burmese Dialects are spoken in different Burmese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Mossi vs Burmese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Mossi dialects include: Ouapadoupou, Saremde. Burmese dialects include: Arakanese , Tavoyan. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Mossi and Burmese Speaking population

Mossi and Burmese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Mossi and Burmese languages can be compared. The total count of Mossi and Burmese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Mossi language is 0.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Burmese language is 0.50 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Mossi and Burmese on Mossi vs Burmese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Mossi and Burmese Language Codes

Mossi and Burmese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Mossi and Burmese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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