Countries
Burkina Faso
Philippines
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Ivory coast, Mali, Togo
Philippines
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Philippines
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
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Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters
Interesting Facts
- Mossi languages use pitch to distinguish meanings.
- Mossi is the 2nd largest ethnic group in Ivory Coast.
- About one-fifth of the population of the philippines speak cebuano and are second largest ethnolinguistic group in the country.
- Cebuano contains many words of Spanish origin.
Similar To
Dagbani Language
Hiligaynon Language
Derived From
-
Island of Cebu
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2621
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
85
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1616
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
32
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks3 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Kia ora
Hoy
Thank You
Laafi bala
Salamat
How Are You?
Laafi beme ?
Kumusta man ka?
Good Night
Ne y yungo
Maayong Gabii
Good Evening
ne y zabre
Maayong Gabii
Good Afternoon
Kia ora
Maayong Hapon
Good Morning
Ne y yibeogo
Maayong Buntag
Please
gafare
Palihug
Sorry
gafare
Ikasubo ko
Bye
Wend na kon-d nindaare
Babay
I Love You
Kei te aroha au ki a koe
Gihigugma ko ikaw
Excuse Me
Y gafare
Ekskyus mi
Dialect 1
Ouapadoupou
Boholano
Where They Speak
Burkina Faso
Bohol
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.0021,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Saremde
Southern Kana
Where They Speak
Burkina Faso
southern Leyte
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.0021,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Taolende
North Kana
Where They Speak
Burkina Faso
northern part of Leyte
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.0020,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
84
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
7.60 million20.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.11 %0.32 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
7.60 million21.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
5.00 million14.50 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Mosse
Visayan
Alternative Names
Mossi, Mòoré, Mooré, More, Moshi, Mole, Mosi, Mòoré, Moré, More, Moshi, Mole, Mosi
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan
French Name
moré
cebuano
German Name
Mossi-Sprache
Cebuano
Pronunciation
[mɔ̀ːsì]
[sɛbuˈɑno]
Ethnicity
Mossi
Cebuano people
Origin
11th Century AD
16th century
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Western Sudanic
-
Branch
Gur (Voltaic)
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Mossi
Standard Cebuano
Language Position
3762
1
120
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Signed Forms
Mossi Sign Language
Cebuano Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data Available
No data Available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mos
ceb
ISO 639 2/B
mos
ceb
ISO 639 3
mos
ceb
ISO 639 6
mos
ceb
Glottocode
moss1236
cebu1242
Linguasphere
No data Available
No data Available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Verb-Subject-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
-