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Mossi and Nepali


Nepali and Mossi


Countries

Countries
Burkina Faso  
India, Nepal  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Ivory coast, Mali, Togo  
Nepal  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Republic of Brazil  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
People's Republic of China  

Regulated By
-  
Language Academy of Nepal  

Interesting Facts
  • Mossi languages use pitch to distinguish meanings.
  • Mossi is the 2nd largest ethnic group in Ivory Coast.
  
  • Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
  • Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
  

Similar To
Dagbani Language  
Hindi  

Derived From
-  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Mossi-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Nepali-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
26  
8
48  
28

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
12  
9

How Many Consonants
16  
6
36  
26

Scripts
Latin  
Devanagari  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
10
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Kia ora  
नमस्ते (namaste)  

Thank You
Laafi bala  
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)  

How Are You?
Laafi beme ?  
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)  

Good Night
Ne y yungo  
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)  

Good Evening
ne y zabre  
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)  

Good Afternoon
Kia ora  
Good afternoon  

Good Morning
Ne y yibeogo  
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)  

Please
gafare  
कृपया  

Sorry
gafare  
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)  

Bye
Wend na kon-d nindaare  
नमस्ते (namaste)  

I Love You
Kei te aroha au ki a koe  
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)  

Excuse Me
Y gafare  
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Ouapadoupou  
Doteli  

Where They Speak
Burkina Faso  
Nepal  

How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00  
99+
790,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Saremde  
Bajhangi  

Where They Speak
Burkina Faso  
India, Nepal  

How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00  
99+
17,000,000.00  
29

Dialect 3
Taolende  
Baitadeli  

Where They Speak
Burkina Faso  
Nepal  

How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00  
33
17,000,000.00  
26

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
12  
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.60 million  
99+
30.00 million  
36

Speaking Population
0.11 %  
99+
0.25 %  
99+

Native Speakers
7.60 million  
99+
25.00 million  
32

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million  
99+
5.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Mosse  
नेपाली (nēpālī)  

Alternative Names
Mossi, Mòoré, Mooré, More, Moshi, Mole, Mosi, Mòoré, Moré, More, Moshi, Mole, Mosi  
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate  

French Name
moré  
népalais  

German Name
Mossi-Sprache  
Nepali  

Pronunciation
[mɔ̀ːsì]  
[neˈpali]  

Ethnicity
Mossi  
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu  

History

Origin
11th Century AD  
19 BC  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Western Sudanic  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Gur (Voltaic)  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha  

Standard Forms
Mossi  
Nepali  

Language Position
37  
34
59  
99+

Signed Forms
Mossi Sign Language  
Signed Nepali  

Scope
Individual  
Individual, Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data Available  
ne  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mos  
nep  

ISO 639 2/B
mos  
nep  

ISO 639 3
mos  
npi  

ISO 639 6
mos  
nep  

Glottocode
moss1236  
nepa1254  

Linguasphere
No data Available  
12  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Agglutinative  

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All Mossi and Nepali Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Mossi and Nepali dialects. Various dialects of Mossi and Nepali language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Mossi are spoken in different Mossi Speaking Countries whereas Nepali Dialects are spoken in different Nepali speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Mossi vs Nepali Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Mossi dialects include: Ouapadoupou, Saremde. Nepali dialects include: Doteli , Bajhangi. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Mossi and Nepali Speaking population

Mossi and Nepali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Mossi and Nepali languages can be compared. The total count of Mossi and Nepali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Mossi language is 0.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Nepali language is 0.25 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Mossi and Nepali on Mossi vs Nepali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Mossi and Nepali Language Codes

Mossi and Nepali language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Mossi and Nepali Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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