Countries
Burkina Faso
European Union, Latvia
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Ivory coast, Mali, Togo
Latvia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
-
Latvian State Language Center
Interesting Facts
- Mossi languages use pitch to distinguish meanings.
- Mossi is the 2nd largest ethnic group in Ivory Coast.
- The first written form of Latvian dates from 16th century was found in religious texts.
- The old latvian language was based on the a Gothic script.
Similar To
Dagbani Language
Lithuanian Language
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2633
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
89
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1624
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Kia ora
Sveiki
Thank You
Laafi bala
Paldies
How Are You?
Laafi beme ?
Kā jums klājas?
Good Night
Ne y yungo
Ar labunakti
Good Evening
ne y zabre
Labvakar
Good Afternoon
Kia ora
Labdien
Good Morning
Ne y yibeogo
Labrīt
Please
gafare
lūdzu
Sorry
gafare
Piedodiet!
Bye
Wend na kon-d nindaare
Uz redzēšanos
I Love You
Kei te aroha au ki a koe
Es tevi mīlu
Excuse Me
Y gafare
Piedodiet!
Dialect 1
Ouapadoupou
Livonian
Where They Speak
Burkina Faso
Latvia
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.001,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Saremde
Middle Latvian
Where They Speak
Burkina Faso
Latvia
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.002,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Taolende
High Latvian
Where They Speak
Burkina Faso
France, Latvia
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.001,500,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
83
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
7.60 million1.75 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.11 %0.07 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
7.60 million1.75 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
5.00 million2.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Mosse
latviešu valoda
Alternative Names
Mossi, Mòoré, Mooré, More, Moshi, Mole, Mosi, Mòoré, Moré, More, Moshi, Mole, Mosi
Lettish
French Name
moré
letton
German Name
Mossi-Sprache
Lettisch
Pronunciation
[mɔ̀ːsì]
[ˈlætviən]
Ethnicity
Mossi
Latvians or Letts
Origin
11th Century AD
1530
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Western Sudanic
Baltic
Branch
Gur (Voltaic)
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Mossi
Latvian
Language Position
379
1
120
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Signed Forms
Mossi Sign Language
Latvian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
No data Available
lv
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mos
lav
ISO 639 2/B
mos
lav
ISO 639 3
mos
lav
ISO 639 6
mos
lav
Glottocode
moss1236
latv1249
Linguasphere
No data Available
54-AAB-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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Synthetic