Countries
Burkina Faso
Meghalaya
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Ivory coast, Mali, Togo
Bangladesh, India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
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Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
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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.
- Khasi language contain a large number of loanwords from Bengali and Hindi Languages.
- There is significant dialectal variation in khasi language, since several dialects have only partial mutual intelligibility.
Similar To
Dagbani Language
Garo and Jaintia Languages
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
2623
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
86
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1614
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Bengali, Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Kia ora
Kumno
Thank You
Laafi bala
Khublei
How Are You?
Laafi beme ?
Kumno phi long?
Good Night
Ne y yungo
thia sukh
Good Evening
ne y zabre
babha janmiet
Good Afternoon
Kia ora
babha noph-phai-sngi
Good Morning
Ne y yibeogo
khublei
Please
gafare
Sngewbha
Sorry
gafare
Map
Bye
Wend na kon-d nindaare
khublei
I Love You
Kei te aroha au ki a koe
ieit ieit
Excuse Me
Y gafare
map a nga
Dialect 1
Ouapadoupou
Bhoi
Where They Speak
Burkina Faso
-
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.001,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Saremde
Nonglung
Where They Speak
Burkina Faso
-
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.001,200,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Taolende
Cherrapunji
Where They Speak
Burkina Faso
-
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.001,500,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
85
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
7.60 million0.84 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.11 %0.01 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
7.60 million0.84 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
5.00 million1.50 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Mosse
Ka Ktien
Alternative Names
Mossi, Mòoré, Mooré, More, Moshi, Mole, Mosi, Mòoré, Moré, More, Moshi, Mole, Mosi
Kahasi, Kassi, Khasa, Khashi, Khasiyas, Khuchia
French Name
moré
khasi
German Name
Mossi-Sprache
Khasi-Sprache
Pronunciation
[mɔ̀ːsì]
[ˈkʰɑsi]
Ethnicity
Mossi
Khasi people
Origin
11th Century AD
1200 AD
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Austroasiatic Family
Subgroup
Western Sudanic
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Branch
Gur (Voltaic)
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Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No Early Forms
Standard Forms
Mossi
Khasi
Language Position
3740
1
120
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Signed Forms
Mossi Sign Language
Khasi Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data Available
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mos
kha
ISO 639 2/B
mos
kha
ISO 639 3
mos
kha
ISO 639 6
mos
kha
Glottocode
moss1236
khas1269
Linguasphere
No data Available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Language Morphological Typology
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