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Mossi and Norwegian


Norwegian and Mossi


Countries

Countries
Burkina Faso  
Norway  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

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

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

Alphabets
26  
8
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
9  
6

How Many Consonants
16  
6
20  
10

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
10
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

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  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Ouapadoupou  
Jamtlandic  

Where They Speak
Burkina Faso  
Jamtland,Harjedalen  

How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00  
99+
30,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Saremde  
Sognamål  

Where They Speak
Burkina Faso  
Sogn  

How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00  
99+
5,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Taolende  
Hallingmål-Valdris  

Where They Speak
Burkina Faso  
Hallingdal, Valdres  

How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00  
33
5,000,000.00  
38

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
19  
17

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.60 million  
99+
5.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.11 %  
99+
0.07 %  
99+

Native Speakers
7.60 million  
99+
5.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million  
99+
5.00 million  
99+

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  

History

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
37  
34
18  
16

Signed Forms
Mossi Sign Language  
Signed Norwegian  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

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
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Fusional  

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All Mossi and Norwegian 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 Norwegian dialects. Various dialects of Mossi and Norwegian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Mossi are spoken in different Mossi Speaking Countries whereas Norwegian Dialects are spoken in different Norwegian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Mossi vs Norwegian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Mossi dialects include: Ouapadoupou, Saremde. Norwegian dialects include: Jamtlandic , Sognamål. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Mossi and Norwegian Speaking population

Mossi and Norwegian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Mossi and Norwegian languages can be compared. The total count of Mossi and Norwegian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Mossi language is 0.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Norwegian language is 0.07 %. 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 Norwegian on Mossi vs Norwegian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Mossi and Norwegian Language Codes

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

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