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Mossi and Sinhalese


Sinhalese and Mossi


Countries

Countries
Burkina Faso  
Sri Lanka  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Ivory coast, Mali, Togo  
Sri Lanka  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Sri Lanka  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

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

Regulated By
-  
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)  

Interesting Facts
  • Mossi languages use pitch to distinguish meanings.
  • Mossi is the 2nd largest ethnic group in Ivory Coast.
  
  • In Sinhalese language, there are many loanwords from Dravidian languages mainly Tamil, Portuguese, Dutch and English.
  • Sinhalese language has it own script/ writing system.
  

Similar To
Dagbani Language  
Maldivian Language  

Derived From
-  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
54  
33

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
18  
15

How Many Consonants
16  
6
36  
26

Scripts
Latin  
Sinhala alphabet  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
10
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Kia ora  
හලෝ (halō)  

Thank You
Laafi bala  
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)  

How Are You?
Laafi beme ?  
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)  

Good Night
Ne y yungo  
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)  

Good Evening
ne y zabre  
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)  

Good Afternoon
Kia ora  
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)  

Good Morning
Ne y yibeogo  
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)  

Please
gafare  
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)  

Sorry
gafare  
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)  

Bye
Wend na kon-d nindaare  
බායි (bāyi)  

I Love You
Kei te aroha au ki a koe  
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)  

Excuse Me
Y gafare  
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Ouapadoupou  
Vedda  

Where They Speak
Burkina Faso  
Sri Lanka  

How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00  
99+
19,000,000.00  
30

Dialect 2
Saremde  
Sri Lankan Sinhala  

Where They Speak
Burkina Faso  
-  

How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00  
99+
19,000,000.00  
27

Dialect 3
Taolende  
Up-Country Sinhalese  

Where They Speak
Burkina Faso  
-  

How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00  
33
16,000,000.00  
27

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
1  
1

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.11 %  
99+
0.25 %  
99+

Native Speakers
7.60 million  
99+
16.00 million  
39

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million  
99+
2.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Mosse  
සිංහල (sĩhala)  

Alternative Names
Mossi, Mòoré, Mooré, More, Moshi, Mole, Mosi, Mòoré, Moré, More, Moshi, Mole, Mosi  
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala  

French Name
moré  
singhalais  

German Name
Mossi-Sprache  
Singhalesisch  

Pronunciation
[mɔ̀ːsì]  
[ˈsiŋhəliːz]  

Ethnicity
Mossi  
Sinhalese people  

History

Origin
11th Century AD  
3  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Western Sudanic  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Gur (Voltaic)  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Sinhalese Prakrit  

Standard Forms
Mossi  
Modern Sinhalese  

Language Position
37  
34
70  
99+

Signed Forms
Mossi Sign Language  
Signed Sinhalese  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data Available  
si  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mos  
sin  

ISO 639 2/B
mos  
sin  

ISO 639 3
mos  
sin  

ISO 639 6
mos  
sin  

Glottocode
moss1236  
sinh1246  

Linguasphere
No data Available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Fusional  

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

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Mossi and Sinhalese Speaking population

Mossi and Sinhalese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Mossi and Sinhalese languages can be compared. The total count of Mossi and Sinhalese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Mossi language is 0.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Sinhalese language is 0.25 %. 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 Sinhalese on Mossi vs Sinhalese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Mossi and Sinhalese Language Codes

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

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