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Mossi and Russian


Russian and Mossi


Countries

Countries
Burkina Faso  
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
4  
11

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

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Afganistan  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan  

Regulated By
-  
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences  

Interesting Facts
  • Mossi languages use pitch to distinguish meanings.
  • Mossi is the 2nd largest ethnic group in Ivory Coast.
  
  • In Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
  • In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
  

Similar To
Dagbani Language  
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages  

Derived From
-  
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
10  
7

How Many Consonants
16  
6
21  
11

Scripts
Latin  
Cyrillic  

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  
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)  

Thank You
Laafi bala  
спасибо(spasibo)  

How Are You?
Laafi beme ?  
Как дела? (Kak dela?)  

Good Night
Ne y yungo  
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)  

Good Evening
ne y zabre  
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)  

Good Afternoon
Kia ora  
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')  

Good Morning
Ne y yibeogo  
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)  

Please
gafare  
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)  

Sorry
gafare  
Извините(Izvinite)  

Bye
Wend na kon-d nindaare  
до свидания(do svidaniya)  

I Love You
Kei te aroha au ki a koe  
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)  

Excuse Me
Y gafare  
извините(izvinite)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Ouapadoupou  
Doukhobor Russian  

Where They Speak
Burkina Faso  
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan  

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

Dialect 2
Saremde  
Olonets  

Where They Speak
Burkina Faso  
Olonets  

How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00  
99+
154,000,000.00  
2

Dialect 3
Taolende  
Novgorod  

Where They Speak
Burkina Faso  
Novgorod  

How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00  
33
154,000,000.00  
2

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
13  
13

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.60 million  
99+
276.00 million  
6

Speaking Population
0.11 %  
99+
2.33 %  
9

Native Speakers
7.60 million  
99+
166.00 million  
8

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million  
99+
110.00 million  
7

Native Name
Mosse  
Русский  

Alternative Names
Mossi, Mòoré, Mooré, More, Moshi, Mole, Mosi, Mòoré, Moré, More, Moshi, Mole, Mosi  
Russki  

French Name
moré  
russe  

German Name
Mossi-Sprache  
Russisch  

Pronunciation
[mɔ̀ːsì]  
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]  

Ethnicity
Mossi  
Russians  

History

Origin
11th Century AD  
1000 AD  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family  

Subgroup
Western Sudanic  
Slavic  

Branch
Gur (Voltaic)  
Eastern  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old East Slavic  

Standard Forms
Mossi  
Standard Russian  

Language Position
37  
34
7  
7

Signed Forms
Mossi Sign Language  
Signed Russian  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data Available  
ru  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mos  
rus  

ISO 639 2/B
mos  
rus  

ISO 639 3
mos  
rus  

ISO 639 6
mos  
rus  

Glottocode
moss1236  
russ1263  

Linguasphere
No data Available  
53-AAA-ea  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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

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Mossi and Russian Speaking population

Mossi and Russian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Mossi and Russian languages can be compared. The total count of Mossi and Russian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Mossi language is 0.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Russian language is 2.33 %. 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 Russian on Mossi vs Russian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Mossi and Russian Language Codes

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

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