Countries
Burkina Faso
Madagascar
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Ivory coast, Mali, Togo
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
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.
- Malagasy language was originated in southeast Asia, since it shares several common words and meanings with Indonesian Languages.
- About 93% of the basic vocabulary is of Malayo-Polynesian origin in Malagasy language.
Similar To
Dagbani Language
Swahili and Comorian Languages
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
1620
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks30 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Kia ora
Salama!
Thank You
Laafi bala
Misaotra
How Are You?
Laafi beme ?
Manao ahoana!
Good Night
Ne y yungo
Alina tsara
Good Evening
ne y zabre
Manao ahoana e
Good Afternoon
Kia ora
Manao ahoana e
Good Morning
Ne y yibeogo
Maraina tsara
Please
gafare
azafady
Sorry
gafare
Miala tsiny
Bye
Wend na kon-d nindaare
Veloma!
I Love You
Kei te aroha au ki a koe
Tiako ianao.
Excuse Me
Y gafare
Azafady
Dialect 1
Ouapadoupou
Eastern Malagasy
Where They Speak
Burkina Faso
Merina
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.005,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Saremde
Western Malagasy
Where They Speak
Burkina Faso
Sakalava
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.001,200,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Taolende
Plateau Malagasy
Where They Speak
Burkina Faso
-
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.0020,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
82
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
7.60 million25.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.11 %0.28 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
7.60 million18.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
5.00 million18.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Mosse
Fiteny Malagasy
Alternative Names
Mossi, Mòoré, Mooré, More, Moshi, Mole, Mosi, Mòoré, Moré, More, Moshi, Mole, Mosi
Malagasy Sign Language
French Name
moré
malgache
German Name
Mossi-Sprache
Malagassi-Sprache
Pronunciation
[mɔ̀ːsì]
[ˌmæləˈɡæsi]
Ethnicity
Mossi
Malagasy people
Origin
11th Century AD
1000 AD
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Western Sudanic
Austronesian
Branch
Gur (Voltaic)
Indonesian
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Mossi
standard Malagasy
Language Position
3784
1
120
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Signed Forms
Mossi Sign Language
Malagasy Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
No data Available
mg
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mos
mlg
ISO 639 2/B
mos
mlg
ISO 639 3
mos
mlg
ISO 639 6
mos
mlg
Glottocode
moss1236
mala1537
Linguasphere
No data Available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Verb-Object-Subject
Language Morphological Typology
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