Countries
Burkina Faso
Japan
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Ivory coast, Mali, Togo
Japan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Pacific
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Palau
Regulated By
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Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
Interesting Facts
- Mossi languages use pitch to distinguish meanings.
- Mossi is the 2nd largest ethnic group in Ivory Coast.
- In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
- There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
Similar To
Dagbani Language
Korean Language
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2699
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
85
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1614
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Kana
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
35
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks88 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Kia ora
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
Thank You
Laafi bala
ありがとう (Arigatō)
How Are You?
Laafi beme ?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
Good Night
Ne y yungo
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
Good Evening
ne y zabre
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
Good Afternoon
Kia ora
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
Good Morning
Ne y yibeogo
おはよう (Ohayō)
Please
gafare
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
Sorry
gafare
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
Bye
Wend na kon-d nindaare
さようなら (Sayōnara)
I Love You
Kei te aroha au ki a koe
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
Excuse Me
Y gafare
すみません (Sumimasen)
Dialect 1
Ouapadoupou
Sanuki
Where They Speak
Burkina Faso
Kagawa
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.001,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Saremde
Hakata
Where They Speak
Burkina Faso
Fukuoka
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00127,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Taolende
Kansai
Where They Speak
Burkina Faso
kansai
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00127,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
831
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
7.60 million128.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.11 %1.90 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
7.60 million128.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
5.00 million3.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Mosse
日本語
Alternative Names
Mossi, Mòoré, Mooré, More, Moshi, Mole, Mosi, Mòoré, Moré, More, Moshi, Mole, Mosi
Nihongo
French Name
moré
japonais
German Name
Mossi-Sprache
Japanisch
Pronunciation
[mɔ̀ːsì]
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
Ethnicity
Mossi
Japanese (Yamato)
Origin
11th Century AD
1185
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Japonic Family
Subgroup
Western Sudanic
-
Branch
Gur (Voltaic)
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
Standard Forms
Mossi
Japanese
Language Position
378
1
120
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Signed Forms
Mossi Sign Language
Signed Japanese
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data Available
ja
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mos
jpn
ISO 639 2/B
mos
jpn
ISO 639 3
mos
jpn
ISO 639 6
mos
jpn
Glottocode
moss1236
nucl1643
Linguasphere
No data Available
45-CAA-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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Agglutinative, Synthetic