Countries
Burkina Faso
Burma
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Ivory coast, Mali, Togo
Burundi, Gambia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa, Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
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.
- Kirundi language is tonal, since it has high and low essential tones.
- Kirundi Language is referred as a language where Meeussen's rule is active, this rule describes a certain pattern of tonal change in Bantu languages.
Similar To
Dagbani Language
Kinyarwanda Language
Derived From
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-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2621
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
85
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1619
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks36 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Kia ora
Bwakeye
Thank You
Laafi bala
Urakoze
How Are You?
Laafi beme ?
Urakomeye?
Good Night
Ne y yungo
Ijoro ryiza
Good Evening
ne y zabre
Mwiriwe
Good Afternoon
Kia ora
Mwiriwe
Good Morning
Ne y yibeogo
Mwaramutse
Please
gafare
Ndagusavye
Sorry
gafare
Ndasubiza
Bye
Wend na kon-d nindaare
N’agasaga
I Love You
Kei te aroha au ki a koe
Ndi waramutse
Excuse Me
Y gafare
Ndasaba
Dialect 1
Ouapadoupou
Rwanda-Rundi
Where They Speak
Burkina Faso
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.0020,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Saremde
Ha
Where They Speak
Burkina Faso
Tanzania
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00990,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Taolende
Shubi
Where They Speak
Burkina Faso
Tanzania
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00153,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
86
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
7.60 million8.80 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.11 %0.13 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
7.60 million8.80 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
5.00 million12.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Mosse
íkiRǔndi
Alternative Names
Mossi, Mòoré, Mooré, More, Moshi, Mole, Mosi, Mòoré, Moré, More, Moshi, Mole, Mosi
Rundi, Urundi
French Name
moré
rundi
German Name
Mossi-Sprache
Kirundi
Pronunciation
[mɔ̀ːsì]
[kɪˈrʊndi]
Ethnicity
Mossi
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa
Origin
11th Century AD
1500
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Western Sudanic
-
Branch
Gur (Voltaic)
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Mossi
Kirundi
Language Position
3786
1
120
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Signed Forms
Mossi Sign Language
Kirundi Sign Language
Scope
Individual
-
ISO 639 1
No data Available
rn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mos
run
ISO 639 2/B
mos
run
ISO 639 3
mos
run
ISO 639 6
mos
run
Glottocode
moss1236
rund1242
Linguasphere
No data Available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
-
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
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