Countries
Burkina Faso
Iraq, Kurdistan
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Ivory coast, Mali, Togo
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Middle East
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.
- The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
- In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
Similar To
Dagbani Language
Farsi Language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
2633
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
88
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1629
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
Writing Direction
-
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
34
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks4 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Kia ora
Silaw
Thank You
Laafi bala
Sipas
How Are You?
Laafi beme ?
Tu çawa yî?
Good Night
Ne y yungo
Şev xweş
Good Evening
ne y zabre
Evare baş
Good Afternoon
Kia ora
Nee-wa-rowt bash
Good Morning
Ne y yibeogo
Bayanit bash
Please
gafare
Bê zehmet
Sorry
gafare
Bibûre
Bye
Wend na kon-d nindaare
Be xêr çî
I Love You
Kei te aroha au ki a koe
Ez te hez dikem
Excuse Me
Y gafare
Bê zehmet
Dialect 1
Ouapadoupou
Northern Kurdish
Where They Speak
Burkina Faso
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.0020,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Saremde
Central Kurdish
Where They Speak
Burkina Faso
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.005,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Taolende
Southern Kurdish
Where They Speak
Burkina Faso
Eastern Iraq
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.003,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
83
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
7.60 million28.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.11 %0.31 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
7.60 million21.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
5.00 million20.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Mosse
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
Alternative Names
Mossi, Mòoré, Mooré, More, Moshi, Mole, Mosi, Mòoré, Moré, More, Moshi, Mole, Mosi
Kurdî, کوردی
French Name
moré
kurde
German Name
Mossi-Sprache
Kurdisch
Pronunciation
[mɔ̀ːsì]
[kʊɾdɪʃ]
Ethnicity
Mossi
Kurds
Origin
11th Century AD
16th century CE
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Western Sudanic
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Gur (Voltaic)
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Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Kurdish and Middle Kurdish
Standard Forms
Mossi
Kurdish
Language Position
3714
1
120
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Signed Forms
Mossi Sign Language
Kurdish Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
No data Available
ku
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mos
kur
ISO 639 2/B
mos
kur
ISO 639 3
mos
kur
ISO 639 6
mos
kur
Glottocode
moss1236
kurd1259
Linguasphere
No data Available
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Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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