Countries
Burkina Faso
South Africa
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Ivory coast, Mali, Togo
South Africa
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
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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Pan South African Language Board
Interesting Facts
- Mossi languages use pitch to distinguish meanings.
- Mossi is the 2nd largest ethnic group in Ivory Coast.
- The meaning of word "Zulu" means "Sky"and Zulu was the name of the ancestor who founded the Zulu royal line in about 1670.
- Zulu language has many loanwords borrowed from Afrikaans and English Languages.
Similar To
Dagbani Language
Xhosa Language
Derived From
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-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2657
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
87
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1650
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Kia ora
Sawubona
Thank You
Laafi bala
Ngiyabonga
How Are You?
Laafi beme ?
unjani
Good Night
Ne y yungo
okuhle ebusuku
Good Evening
ne y zabre
okuhle kusihlwa
Good Afternoon
Kia ora
okuhle ntambama
Good Morning
Ne y yibeogo
okuhle ekuseni
Please
gafare
Ngiyacela
Sorry
gafare
Ngiyaxolisa
Bye
Wend na kon-d nindaare
bye
I Love You
Kei te aroha au ki a koe
Ngiyakuthanda wena
Excuse Me
Y gafare
Uxolo
Dialect 1
Ouapadoupou
Qwabe
Where They Speak
Burkina Faso
Gabon, South Africa
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.0028,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Saremde
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
Where They Speak
Burkina Faso
Georgia, South Africa
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.0028,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Taolende
Ndebele
Where They Speak
Burkina Faso
Zimbabwe
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.0028,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
84
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
7.60 million30.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.11 %0.16 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
7.60 million12.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
5.00 million16.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Mosse
isiZulu
Alternative Names
Mossi, Mòoré, Mooré, More, Moshi, Mole, Mosi, Mòoré, Moré, More, Moshi, Mole, Mosi
Isizulu, Zunda
French Name
moré
zoulou
German Name
Mossi-Sprache
Zulu-Sprache
Pronunciation
[mɔ̀ːsì]
[zuːlu]
Ethnicity
Mossi
Zulu people
Origin
11th Century AD
19
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Western Sudanic
Benue-Congo
Branch
Gur (Voltaic)
Beatu
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
urban Zulu
Standard Forms
Mossi
Deep Zulu
Language Position
3787
1
120
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Signed Forms
Mossi Sign Language
Zulu Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data Available
zu
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mos
zul
ISO 639 2/B
mos
zul
ISO 639 3
mos
zul
ISO 639 6
mos
zul
Glottocode
moss1236
zulu1248
Linguasphere
No data Available
99-AUT-fg
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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