Countries
Burkina Faso
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
Total No. Of Countries
11
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
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
-
-
Interesting Facts
- Mossi languages use pitch to distinguish meanings.
- Mossi is the 2nd largest ethnic group in Ivory Coast.
- Amharic ranks as second most spoken Semitic language in the world.
- Amharic has its own writing system named “fidel” and it uses Amharic alphabets to write.
Similar To
Dagbani Language
Tigrinya and Oromo Languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2633
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
87
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1631
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Ethiopic
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Kia ora
Selam
Thank You
Laafi bala
amesege'nallo'
How Are You?
Laafi beme ?
Dehina newot?
Good Night
Ne y yungo
Dehna dur
Good Evening
ne y zabre
melkam meshe't
Good Afternoon
Kia ora
i'ndemin walu
Good Morning
Ne y yibeogo
i'ndemin adäru
Please
gafare
i'bakwon
Sorry
gafare
aznallehu
Bye
Wend na kon-d nindaare
tschao
I Love You
Kei te aroha au ki a koe
afekirishalehu
Excuse Me
Y gafare
yiqirta
Dialect 1
Ouapadoupou
Gondar
Where They Speak
Burkina Faso
Gondar
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.0022,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Saremde
Gojjami
Where They Speak
Burkina Faso
Ethiopia
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.0022,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Taolende
Showa
Where They Speak
Burkina Faso
Ethiopia
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.0022,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
85
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
7.60 million18.70 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.11 %0.37 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
7.60 million25.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
5.00 million10.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Mosse
አማርኛ
Alternative Names
Mossi, Mòoré, Mooré, More, Moshi, Mole, Mosi, Mòoré, Moré, More, Moshi, Mole, Mosi
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
French Name
moré
amharique
German Name
Mossi-Sprache
Amharisch
Pronunciation
[mɔ̀ːsì]
[amarɨɲɲa]
Ethnicity
Mossi
Amharas
Origin
11th Century AD
13th century
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Western Sudanic
Semitic
Branch
Gur (Voltaic)
Ethiopic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Ge'ez
Standard Forms
Mossi
Amharic
Language Position
3755
1
120
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Signed Forms
Mossi Sign Language
Signed Amharic
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data Available
am
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mos
amh
ISO 639 2/B
mos
amh
ISO 639 3
mos
amh
ISO 639 6
mos
amh
Glottocode
moss1236
amha1245
Linguasphere
No data Available
12-ACB-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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-
Language Morphological Typology
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Fusional