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Mossi and Oriya


Oriya and Mossi


Countries

Countries
Burkina Faso  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

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

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
-  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Mossi languages use pitch to distinguish meanings.
  • Mossi is the 2nd largest ethnic group in Ivory Coast.
  
  • The earliest literature in Oriya was traced in 7th to 9th centuries.
  • Since Odia is having a long literary history and has not borrowed largely from other languages, it is the 6th classical language in India.
  

Similar To
Dagbani Language  
Bengali and Assamese  

Derived From
-  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
42  
22

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
11  
8

How Many Consonants
16  
6
31  
21

Scripts
Latin  
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
10
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Kia ora  
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)  

Thank You
Laafi bala  
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)  

How Are You?
Laafi beme ?  
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)  

Good Night
Ne y yungo  
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)  

Good Evening
ne y zabre  
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)  

Good Afternoon
Kia ora  
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)  

Good Morning
Ne y yibeogo  
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)  

Please
gafare  
ଦୟାକରି  

Sorry
gafare  
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)  

Bye
Wend na kon-d nindaare  
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)  

I Love You
Kei te aroha au ki a koe  
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)  

Excuse Me
Y gafare  
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Ouapadoupou  
Baleswari  

Where They Speak
Burkina Faso  
India  

How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00  
99+
33,800,000.00  
22

Dialect 2
Saremde  
Ganjami  

Where They Speak
Burkina Faso  
India  

How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00  
99+
33,800,000.00  
20

Dialect 3
Taolende  
Kosli  

Where They Speak
Burkina Faso  
India  

How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00  
33
520,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
8  
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.60 million  
99+
33.00 million  
34

Speaking Population
0.11 %  
99+
0.50 %  
31

Native Speakers
7.60 million  
99+
33.00 million  
28

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million  
99+
35.00 million  
24

Native Name
Mosse  
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)  

Alternative Names
Mossi, Mòoré, Mooré, More, Moshi, Mole, Mosi, Mòoré, Moré, More, Moshi, Mole, Mosi  
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia  

French Name
moré  
oriya  

German Name
Mossi-Sprache  
Oriya-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[mɔ̀ːsì]  
[ˈoɽia]  

Ethnicity
Mossi  
Odias  

History

Origin
11th Century AD  
3 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  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Mossi  
Standard Odia  

Language Position
37  
34
32  
30

Signed Forms
Mossi Sign Language  
Indian Signing System  

Scope
Individual  
Individual, Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data Available  
or  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mos  
ori  

ISO 639 2/B
mos  
ori  

ISO 639 3
mos  
ori  

ISO 639 6
mos  
ori  

Glottocode
moss1236  
macr1269  

Linguasphere
No data Available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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

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Mossi and Oriya Speaking population

Mossi and Oriya speaking population is one of the factors based on which Mossi and Oriya languages can be compared. The total count of Mossi and Oriya Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Mossi language is 0.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Oriya language is 0.50 %. 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 Oriya on Mossi vs Oriya where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Mossi and Oriya Language Codes

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

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