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Mossi and Khasi


Khasi and Mossi


Countries

Countries
Burkina Faso  
Meghalaya  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Ivory coast, Mali, Togo  
Bangladesh, India  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
-  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
-  

Regulated By
-  
-  

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
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
23  
5

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
6  
3

How Many Consonants
16  
6
14  
4

Scripts
Latin  
Bengali, Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
10
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

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  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Ouapadoupou  
Bhoi  

Where They Speak
Burkina Faso  
-  

How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00  
99+
1,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Saremde  
Nonglung  

Where They Speak
Burkina Faso  
-  

How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00  
99+
1,200,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Taolende  
Cherrapunji  

Where They Speak
Burkina Faso  
-  

How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00  
33
1,500,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
5  
5

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.11 %  
99+
0.01 %  
99+

Native Speakers
7.60 million  
99+
0.84 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million  
99+
1.50 million  
99+

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  

History

Origin
11th Century AD  
1200 AD  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Austroasiatic Family  

Subgroup
Western Sudanic  
-  

Branch
Gur (Voltaic)  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No Early Forms  

Standard Forms
Mossi  
Khasi  

Language Position
37  
34
40  
37

Signed Forms
Mossi Sign Language  
Khasi Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

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
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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

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Mossi and Khasi Speaking population

Mossi and Khasi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Mossi and Khasi languages can be compared. The total count of Mossi and Khasi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Mossi language is 0.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Khasi language is 0.01 %. 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 Khasi on Mossi vs Khasi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Mossi and Khasi Language Codes

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

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