Countries
Burkina Faso
Zimbabwe
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Ivory coast, Mali, Togo
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
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
Not spoken in any of the countries
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.
- Shona language is tonal language.
- The African people in Zimbabwe is made of 10 ethnic groups, each speaking a different languages, shona is spoken by 60 percent of population.
Similar To
Dagbani Language
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
2637
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
85
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1646
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
34
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks30 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Kia ora
Mhoro
Thank You
Laafi bala
Waita zvako
How Are You?
Laafi beme ?
Wakadini zvako?
Good Night
Ne y yungo
Urare zvakanaka
Good Evening
ne y zabre
Manheru
Good Afternoon
Kia ora
Masikati
Good Morning
Ne y yibeogo
Mangwanani
Please
gafare
Ndinokumbirawo
Sorry
gafare
Ndineurombo
Bye
Wend na kon-d nindaare
bye
I Love You
Kei te aroha au ki a koe
Ndinokuda
Excuse Me
Y gafare
Pamusoro
Dialect 1
Ouapadoupou
Hwesa
Where They Speak
Burkina Faso
Zimbabwe
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.0011,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Saremde
Karanga
Where They Speak
Burkina Faso
southern Zimbabwe
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.001,100,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Taolende
Zezuru
Where They Speak
Burkina Faso
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.0016.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
84
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
7.60 million25.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.11 %0.13 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
7.60 million8.30 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
5.00 million16.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Mosse
chiShona
Alternative Names
Mossi, Mòoré, Mooré, More, Moshi, Mole, Mosi, Mòoré, Moré, More, Moshi, Mole, Mosi
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
French Name
moré
shona
German Name
Mossi-Sprache
Schona-Sprache
Pronunciation
[mɔ̀ːsì]
[ʃoːna]
Ethnicity
Mossi
Shona people
Origin
11th Century AD
20th century
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Western Sudanic
Benue-Congo
Branch
Gur (Voltaic)
Bantu
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Shona and Middle Shona
Standard Forms
Mossi
Standard Shona
Language Position
37107
1
120
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Signed Forms
Mossi Sign Language
Signed Shona
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data Available
sn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mos
sna
ISO 639 2/B
mos
sna
ISO 639 3
mos
sna
ISO 639 6
mos
sna
Glottocode
moss1236
core1255
Linguasphere
No data Available
99-AUT-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Language Morphological Typology
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