Countries
Burkina Faso
Norway
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Ivory coast, Mali, Togo
Norway
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe, South America
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Nynorsk
Regulated By
-
Norwegian Language Council
Interesting Facts
- Mossi languages use pitch to distinguish meanings.
- Mossi is the 2nd largest ethnic group in Ivory Coast.
- Bergen is one of the Norwegian dialect which has only two genders: common and neuter.
- Since Norwegian language uses pitch accents, it has musical quality and are sometimes employed to distinguish the meanings of homonyms.
Similar To
Dagbani Language
Swedish and Danish Languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2629
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
89
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1620
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
34
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks24 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Kia ora
hallo
Thank You
Laafi bala
takk
How Are You?
Laafi beme ?
hvordan har du det?
Good Night
Ne y yungo
god natt
Good Evening
ne y zabre
god kveld
Good Afternoon
Kia ora
god ettermiddag
Good Morning
Ne y yibeogo
god morgen
Please
gafare
Vær så snill
Sorry
gafare
unnskyld
Bye
Wend na kon-d nindaare
ha det
I Love You
Kei te aroha au ki a koe
Jeg Elsker Deg
Excuse Me
Y gafare
unnskyld meg
Dialect 1
Ouapadoupou
Jamtlandic
Where They Speak
Burkina Faso
Jamtland,Harjedalen
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.0030,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Saremde
Sognamål
Where They Speak
Burkina Faso
Sogn
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.005,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Taolende
Hallingmål-Valdris
Where They Speak
Burkina Faso
Hallingdal, Valdres
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.005,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
819
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
7.60 million5.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.11 %0.07 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
7.60 million5.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
5.00 million5.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Mosse
Norsk
Alternative Names
Mossi, Mòoré, Mooré, More, Moshi, Mole, Mosi, Mòoré, Moré, More, Moshi, Mole, Mosi
Norsk
French Name
moré
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien
German Name
Mossi-Sprache
Nynorsk
Pronunciation
[mɔ̀ːsì]
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian)
[nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)
Ethnicity
Mossi
Norwegians
Origin
11th Century AD
c. 1300 AD
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Western Sudanic
Germanic
Branch
Gur (Voltaic)
Northern (Scandinavian)
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian
Standard Forms
Mossi
Nynorsk, Bokmål
Language Position
3718
1
120
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Signed Forms
Mossi Sign Language
Signed Norwegian
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
No data Available
no
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mos
nor
ISO 639 2/B
mos
nor
ISO 639 3
mos
nor
ISO 639 6
mos
nor
Glottocode
moss1236
norw1258
Linguasphere
No data Available
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
Fusional