Countries
Burkina Faso
Malawi, Zimbabwe
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Ivory coast, Mali, Togo
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
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
Zambia
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.
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
Similar To
Dagbani Language
Zulu language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
2631
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
85
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1618
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
35
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks32 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Kia ora
Moni
Thank You
Laafi bala
Zikomo
How Are You?
Laafi beme ?
Muli bwanji?
Good Night
Ne y yungo
Usiku wabwino
Good Evening
ne y zabre
Madzulo abwino
Good Afternoon
Kia ora
Masana abwino
Good Morning
Ne y yibeogo
M'mawa wabwino
Please
gafare
Chonde
Sorry
gafare
pepani
Bye
Wend na kon-d nindaare
anatsanzikana
I Love You
Kei te aroha au ki a koe
Ndimakukondani
Excuse Me
Y gafare
Pepani
Dialect 1
Ouapadoupou
Kasungu
Where They Speak
Burkina Faso
Malawi, Zambia
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.0012,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Saremde
Kikamtunda
Where They Speak
Burkina Faso
Malawi, Zambia
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.0010,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Taolende
Kimaravi
Where They Speak
Burkina Faso
Malawi, Zambia
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.001,200,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
85
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
7.60 million12.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.11 %0.17 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
7.60 million12.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
5.00 million1.50 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Mosse
Nyanja
Alternative Names
Mossi, Mòoré, Mooré, More, Moshi, Mole, Mosi, Mòoré, Moré, More, Moshi, Mole, Mosi
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
French Name
moré
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
German Name
Mossi-Sprache
Nyanja-Sprache
Pronunciation
[mɔ̀ːsì]
[ˈtʃewa]
Ethnicity
Mossi
Chewa people
Origin
11th Century AD
15th Century
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Western Sudanic
Benue-Congo
Branch
Gur (Voltaic)
Bantu
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Mossi
Chewa
Language Position
3727
1
120
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Signed Forms
Mossi Sign Language
Chewa Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data Available
ny
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mos
nya
ISO 639 2/B
mos
nya
ISO 639 3
mos
nya
ISO 639 6
mos
nya
Glottocode
moss1236
nyan1308
Linguasphere
No data Available
99-AUS-xaa – xag
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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-
Language Morphological Typology
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