Countries
Burkina Faso
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
Total No. Of Countries
13
0
46
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National Language
Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Ivory coast, Mali, Togo
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Roman Empire
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Regulated By
-
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
Interesting Facts
- Mossi languages use pitch to distinguish meanings.
- Mossi is the 2nd largest ethnic group in Ivory Coast.
- Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
- The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
Similar To
Dagbani Language
Armenian
Derived From
-
Latin
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2624
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
87
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1617
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Latin
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Kia ora
γεια σας (geia sas)
Thank You
Laafi bala
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
How Are You?
Laafi beme ?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
Good Night
Ne y yungo
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
Good Evening
ne y zabre
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
Good Afternoon
Kia ora
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
Good Morning
Ne y yibeogo
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
Please
gafare
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
Sorry
gafare
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
Bye
Wend na kon-d nindaare
αντίο (antío)
I Love You
Kei te aroha au ki a koe
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
Excuse Me
Y gafare
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
Dialect 1
Ouapadoupou
Cappadocian Greek
Where They Speak
Burkina Faso
Greece
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.002,800.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Saremde
Griko
Where They Speak
Burkina Faso
Italy
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.0050,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Taolende
Mariupol
Where They Speak
Burkina Faso
Ukraine
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.0013,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
825
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
7.60 million13.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.11 %0.18 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
7.60 million13.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
5.00 million13.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Mosse
ελληνικά
Alternative Names
Mossi, Mòoré, Mooré, More, Moshi, Mole, Mosi, Mòoré, Moré, More, Moshi, Mole, Mosi
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
French Name
moré
grec moderne (après 1453)
German Name
Mossi-Sprache
Neugriechisch
Pronunciation
[mɔ̀ːsì]
[eliniˈka]
Ethnicity
Mossi
Greeks or Hellenes
Origin
11th Century AD
1500 BC
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Western Sudanic
Hellenic
Branch
Gur (Voltaic)
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
Standard Forms
Mossi
Modern Greek
Language Position
3774
1
120
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Signed Forms
Mossi Sign Language
Greek Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data Available
el
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mos
ell
ISO 639 2/B
mos
gre
ISO 639 3
mos
ell
ISO 639 6
mos
ells
Glottocode
moss1236
gree1276
Linguasphere
No data Available
56-AAA-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
Fusional, Synthetic