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Mossi and Dzongkha


Dzongkha and Mossi


Countries

Countries
Burkina Faso  
Bhutan  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Ivory coast, Mali, Togo  
Bhutan  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
India  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
India  

Regulated By
-  
Dzongkha Development Commission  

Interesting Facts
  • Mossi languages use pitch to distinguish meanings.
  • Mossi is the 2nd largest ethnic group in Ivory Coast.
  
  • Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
  

Similar To
Dagbani Language  
Sikkimese Language  

Derived From
-  
Tibetan Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
95  
39

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
5  
2

How Many Consonants
16  
6
30  
20

Scripts
Latin  
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
10
38 weeks  
14

Greetings

Hello
Kia ora  
Kuzoozangpo La  

Thank You
Laafi bala  
Kaadinchhey La  

How Are You?
Laafi beme ?  
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?  

Good Night
Ne y yungo  
lek shom ay zim  

Good Evening
ne y zabre  
ཞི་བདེ་ལག་པ་  

Good Afternoon
Kia ora  
ཉིན་གུང་དགའ་བོ  

Good Morning
Ne y yibeogo  
ཞི་བདེ་པའི་སྔོན་འགྲུལ  

Please
gafare  
བསྐྱར་མ་  

Sorry
gafare  
Tsip maza  

Bye
Wend na kon-d nindaare  
Log Jay Gay  

I Love You
Kei te aroha au ki a koe  
Nga cheu lu ga  

Excuse Me
Y gafare  
Tsip maza  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Ouapadoupou  
Laya  

Where They Speak
Burkina Faso  
Bhutan  

How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00  
99+
1,100.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Saremde  
Lunana  

Where They Speak
Burkina Faso  
Bhutan  

How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00  
99+
700.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Taolende  
Adap  

Where They Speak
Burkina Faso  
Bhutan  

How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00  
33
130,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
4  
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.60 million  
99+
0.64 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.11 %  
99+
0.07 %  
99+

Native Speakers
7.60 million  
99+
0.17 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million  
99+
0.47 million  
99+

Native Name
Mosse  
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)  

Alternative Names
Mossi, Mòoré, Mooré, More, Moshi, Mole, Mosi, Mòoré, Moré, More, Moshi, Mole, Mosi  
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar  

French Name
moré  
dzongkha  

German Name
Mossi-Sprache  
Dzongkha  

Pronunciation
[mɔ̀ːsì]  
[t͡ɕoŋkʰa]  

Ethnicity
Mossi  
Ngalop people  

History

Origin
11th Century AD  
17th Century  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
Western Sudanic  
-  

Branch
Gur (Voltaic)  
Tibeto-Burman  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Mossi  
Dzongkha  

Language Position
37  
34
31  
29

Signed Forms
Mossi Sign Language  
Signed Dzongkha  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data Available  
dz  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mos  
dzo  

ISO 639 2/B
mos  
dzo  

ISO 639 3
mos  
dzo  

ISO 639 6
mos  
dzo  

Glottocode
moss1236  
nucl1307  

Linguasphere
No data Available  
No data Available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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

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Mossi and Dzongkha Speaking population

Mossi and Dzongkha speaking population is one of the factors based on which Mossi and Dzongkha languages can be compared. The total count of Mossi and Dzongkha Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Mossi language is 0.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Dzongkha language is 0.07 %. 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 Dzongkha on Mossi vs Dzongkha where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Mossi and Dzongkha Language Codes

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

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