Countries
Burkina Faso
European Union, Malta
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Ivory coast, Mali, Togo
Malta
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
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America
Regulated By
-
National Council for the Maltese Language
Interesting Facts
- Mossi languages use pitch to distinguish meanings.
- Mossi is the 2nd largest ethnic group in Ivory Coast.
- Maltese language is the only semitic language written in Latin characters.
- Maltese language has borrowed many loan words from English, Italian and French.
Similar To
Dagbani Language
Western Arabic Dialects
Derived From
-
Roman Languages
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2630
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
86
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1624
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks30 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Kia ora
Ħello
Thank You
Laafi bala
Grazzi
How Are You?
Laafi beme ?
Kif int?
Good Night
Ne y yungo
Il-Lejla it-tajba
Good Evening
ne y zabre
Il-Lejla it-tajba
Good Afternoon
Kia ora
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb
Good Morning
Ne y yibeogo
L-għodwa t-tajba
Please
gafare
Jekk jogħġbok
Sorry
gafare
Skużani!
Bye
Wend na kon-d nindaare
Ċaw
I Love You
Kei te aroha au ki a koe
Inħobbok ħafna
Excuse Me
Y gafare
Skużi!
Dialect 1
Ouapadoupou
Qormi
Where They Speak
Burkina Faso
Malta
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00520,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Saremde
Żejtun
Where They Speak
Burkina Faso
Malta
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00500,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Taolende
Not Present
Where They Speak
Burkina Faso
-
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00500,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
82
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
7.60 million0.52 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.11 %0.02 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
7.60 million0.52 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
5.00 million0.50 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Mosse
Malti
Alternative Names
Mossi, Mòoré, Mooré, More, Moshi, Mole, Mosi, Mòoré, Moré, More, Moshi, Mole, Mosi
Malti
French Name
moré
maltais
German Name
Mossi-Sprache
Maltesisch
Pronunciation
[mɔ̀ːsì]
[mɔːltiːz]
Ethnicity
Mossi
Maltese
Origin
11th Century AD
c. 1470
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Western Sudanic
Semitic
Branch
Gur (Voltaic)
North Abric
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Mossi
Maltese
Language Position
3725
1
120
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Signed Forms
Mossi Sign Language
Maltese Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data Available
mt
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mos
mlt
ISO 639 2/B
mos
mlt
ISO 639 3
mos
mlt
ISO 639 6
mos
mlt
Glottocode
moss1236
malt1254
Linguasphere
No data Available
12-AAC-c
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
Synthetic