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Chinese and Mossi


Countries

Countries
Burkina Faso  
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
5  
10

National Language
Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Ivory coast, Mali, Togo  
China, Taiwan  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Republic of Brazil  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Indonesia, Malaysia  

Regulated By
-  
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council  

Interesting Facts
  • Mossi languages use pitch to distinguish meanings.
  • Mossi is the 2nd largest ethnic group in Ivory Coast.
  
  • Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
  • In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
  

Similar To
Dagbani Language  
Japanese and Korean Languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
24  
19

How Many Consonants
16  
6
23  
13

Scripts
Latin  
Chinese Characters and derivatives  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
10
88 weeks  
19

Greetings

Hello
Kia ora  
您好 (Nín hǎo)  

Thank You
Laafi bala  
谢谢 (Xièxiè)  

How Are You?
Laafi beme ?  
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)  

Good Night
Ne y yungo  
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)  

Good Evening
ne y zabre  
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)  

Good Afternoon
Kia ora  
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)  

Good Morning
Ne y yibeogo  
早安 (Zǎo ān)  

Please
gafare  
请 (Qǐng)  

Sorry
gafare  
遗憾 (Yíhàn)  

Bye
Wend na kon-d nindaare  
再见 (Zàijiàn)  

I Love You
Kei te aroha au ki a koe  
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)  

Excuse Me
Y gafare  
劳驾 (Láojià)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Ouapadoupou  
Mandarin  

Where They Speak
Burkina Faso  
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan  

How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00  
99+
960,000,000.00  
1

Dialect 2
Saremde  
Wu  

Where They Speak
Burkina Faso  
China, United States of America  

How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00  
99+
80,000,000.00  
6

Dialect 3
Taolende  
Yue  

Where They Speak
Burkina Faso  
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam  

How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00  
33
60,000,000.00  
12

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
10  
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.60 million  
99+
1,051.00 million  
2

Speaking Population
0.11 %  
99+
16.00 %  
2

Native Speakers
7.60 million  
99+
873.00 million  
1

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million  
99+
178.00 million  
3

Native Name
Mosse  
中文 (zhōngwén)  

Alternative Names
Mossi, Mòoré, Mooré, More, Moshi, Mole, Mosi, Mòoré, Moré, More, Moshi, Mole, Mosi  
Zhongwen, Hanyu  

French Name
moré  
chinois  

German Name
Mossi-Sprache  
Chinesisch  

Pronunciation
[mɔ̀ːsì]  
[ʈʂʰíŋ] [huà]  

Ethnicity
Mossi  
Han  

History

Origin
11th Century AD  
1250 BC  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
Western Sudanic  
-  

Branch
Gur (Voltaic)  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Mossi  
Standard Chinese  

Language Position
37  
34
1  
1

Signed Forms
Mossi Sign Language  
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data Available  
zh  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mos  
zho  

ISO 639 2/B
mos  
chi  

ISO 639 3
mos  
zho  

ISO 639 6
mos  
zho  

Glottocode
moss1236  
sini1245  

Linguasphere
No data Available  
79-AAA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Analytic, Isolating  

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All Mossi and Chinese 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 Chinese dialects. Various dialects of Mossi and Chinese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Mossi are spoken in different Mossi Speaking Countries whereas Chinese Dialects are spoken in different Chinese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Mossi vs Chinese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Mossi dialects include: Ouapadoupou, Saremde. Chinese dialects include: Mandarin , Wu. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Mossi and Chinese Speaking population

Mossi and Chinese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Mossi and Chinese languages can be compared. The total count of Mossi and Chinese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Mossi language is 0.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Chinese language is 16.00 %. 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 Chinese on Mossi vs Chinese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Mossi and Chinese Language Codes

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

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