Countries
Burkina Faso
Ethiopia, Kenya
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Ivory coast, Mali, Togo
Ethiopia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Somalia
Regulated By
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Interesting Facts
- Mossi languages use pitch to distinguish meanings.
- Mossi is the 2nd largest ethnic group in Ivory Coast.
- Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
- Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
Similar To
Dagbani Language
Somali Language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
2634
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
810
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
35
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Kia ora
akkam
Thank You
Laafi bala
Galatoomi
How Are You?
Laafi beme ?
Attam jirta/jirtu?
Good Night
Ne y yungo
Nagayattii buli
Good Evening
ne y zabre
Akkam waarite
Good Afternoon
Kia ora
Attam oolte / ooltan
Good Morning
Ne y yibeogo
Attam bulte/bultan
Please
gafare
Maaloo
Sorry
gafare
naa dhiisi
Bye
Wend na kon-d nindaare
Nagayattii!
I Love You
Kei te aroha au ki a koe
Sin jaaladha
Excuse Me
Y gafare
Maaloo na dabarsi
Dialect 1
Ouapadoupou
Borana
Where They Speak
Burkina Faso
Ethiopia, Kenya
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.004,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Saremde
Orma
Where They Speak
Burkina Faso
Kenya
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.0066,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Taolende
Wata
Where They Speak
Burkina Faso
Kenya
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.0013,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
817
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
7.60 million25.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.11 %0.36 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
7.60 million24.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
5.00 million35.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Mosse
Afaan Oromo
Alternative Names
Mossi, Mòoré, Mooré, More, Moshi, Mole, Mosi, Mòoré, Moré, More, Moshi, Mole, Mosi
Afaan Oromoo
French Name
moré
galla
German Name
Mossi-Sprache
Galla-Sprache
Pronunciation
[mɔ̀ːsì]
[ɔrɔmɔ]
Ethnicity
Mossi
Oromos
Origin
11th Century AD
16
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Western Sudanic
Cushitic
Branch
Gur (Voltaic)
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Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Mossi
Afaan Oromo
Language Position
3791
1
120
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Signed Forms
Mossi Sign Language
Oromo Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
No data Available
om
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mos
orm
ISO 639 2/B
mos
orm
ISO 639 3
mos
orm
ISO 639 6
mos
orm
Glottocode
moss1236
nucl1736
Linguasphere
No data Available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Language Morphological Typology
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