Countries
Burkina Faso
Haiti
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Ivory coast, Mali, Togo
Haiti
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Central America, North America
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Cuba
Regulated By
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Akademi Kreyòl Ayisyen (Academy of Haitian Creole)
Interesting Facts
- Mossi languages use pitch to distinguish meanings.
- Mossi is the 2nd largest ethnic group in Ivory Coast.
- In the year 1940, the first technical orthography for Haitian Creole was developed.
- In Haiian Creole, the word 'creole' is of Latin origin via a Portuguese term that means, "person raised in one's house".
Similar To
Dagbani Language
French Language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
2629
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
87
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1620
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks24 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Kia ora
Bonjou
Thank You
Laafi bala
Mèsi
How Are You?
Laafi beme ?
Kijan ou yé?
Good Night
Ne y yungo
Bon nwit
Good Evening
ne y zabre
Bonswa
Good Afternoon
Kia ora
Bon apre-midi
Good Morning
Ne y yibeogo
Bon apre-midi
Please
gafare
Souple
Sorry
gafare
Dezole
Bye
Wend na kon-d nindaare
Babay
I Love You
Kei te aroha au ki a koe
Mwen renmen w
Excuse Me
Y gafare
Eskize m
Dialect 1
Ouapadoupou
Northern Haitian Creole
Where They Speak
Burkina Faso
Cap-Haitien
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.0012,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Saremde
Central Haitian Creole
Where They Speak
Burkina Faso
Port-au-Prince
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.0012,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Taolende
Southern Haitian Creole
Where They Speak
Burkina Faso
Cayes
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.0012,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
83
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
7.60 million9.60 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.11 %0.15 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
7.60 million9.60 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
5.00 million12.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Mosse
Kreyòl ayisyen
Alternative Names
Mossi, Mòoré, Mooré, More, Moshi, Mole, Mosi, Mòoré, Moré, More, Moshi, Mole, Mosi
Creole, Haitian Creole, Western Caribbean Creole
French Name
moré
haïtien; créole haïtien
German Name
Mossi-Sprache
Haïtien (Haiti-Kreolisch)
Pronunciation
[mɔ̀ːsì]
[kɣejɔl]
Ethnicity
Mossi
Haitians
Origin
11th Century AD
17th Century
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Western Sudanic
-
Branch
Gur (Voltaic)
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Mossi
Haitian Creole
Language Position
3799
1
120
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Signed Forms
Mossi Sign Language
Langue des Signes Haïtienne (LSH)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data Available
ht
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mos
hat
ISO 639 2/B
mos
hat
ISO 639 3
mos
hat
ISO 639 6
mos
hat
Glottocode
moss1236
hait1244
Linguasphere
No data Available
51-AAC-cb
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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