Countries
Burkina Faso
Nigeria
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Ivory coast, Mali, Togo
Gambia, Nigeria
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Nigeria
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo
Regulated By
-
-
Interesting Facts
- Mossi languages use pitch to distinguish meanings.
- Mossi is the 2nd largest ethnic group in Ivory Coast.
- Hausa language is the most important and the best known of the Chadic branch.
- There are about one-fourth of Hausa words come from Arabic.
Similar To
Dagbani Language
Yoruba and Igbo Languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2644
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
812
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1632
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
35
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Kia ora
sannu
Thank You
Laafi bala
gode ku
How Are You?
Laafi beme ?
yaya dai
Good Night
Ne y yungo
mai kyau dare
Good Evening
ne y zabre
barka da yamma
Good Afternoon
Kia ora
barka da rana
Good Morning
Ne y yibeogo
mai kyau safe
Please
gafare
Don Allah
Sorry
gafare
yi hakuri
Bye
Wend na kon-d nindaare
sai anjima
I Love You
Kei te aroha au ki a koe
Ina son ku
Excuse Me
Y gafare
gafara dai
Dialect 1
Ouapadoupou
Gaananci
Where They Speak
Burkina Faso
Ghana
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.0050,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Saremde
Kurhwayanci
Where They Speak
Burkina Faso
Niger
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00150,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Taolende
Daragaram
Where They Speak
Burkina Faso
Niger
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.0050.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
820
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
7.60 million50.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.11 %0.52 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
7.60 million35.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
5.00 million15.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Mosse
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)
Alternative Names
Mossi, Mòoré, Mooré, More, Moshi, Mole, Mosi, Mòoré, Moré, More, Moshi, Mole, Mosi
Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa
French Name
moré
haoussa
German Name
Mossi-Sprache
Haussa-Sprache
Pronunciation
[mɔ̀ːsì]
[hàʊsà]
Ethnicity
Mossi
Hausa–Fulani people
Origin
11th Century AD
14
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Western Sudanic
Chadic
Branch
Gur (Voltaic)
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Mossi
Hausa
Language Position
3734
1
120
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Signed Forms
Mossi Sign Language
Signed Hausa
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data Available
ha
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mos
hau
ISO 639 2/B
mos
hau
ISO 639 3
mos
hau
ISO 639 6
mos
hau
Glottocode
moss1236
haus1257
Linguasphere
No data Available
19-HAA-b
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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Fusional