Countries
Burkina Faso
New Zealand
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Ivory coast, Mali, Togo
New Zealand
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Australia, Oceania
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
-
Māori Language Commission
Interesting Facts
- Mossi languages use pitch to distinguish meanings.
- Mossi is the 2nd largest ethnic group in Ivory Coast.
- "E korao no New Zealand" was the first printed Maori book in 1815.
- The first newspaper in the Maori language was published in year 1842.
Similar To
Dagbani Language
Tahitian Language
Derived From
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-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2620
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
85
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1610
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
32
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks24 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Kia ora
Hello
Thank You
Laafi bala
Mauruuru koutou
How Are You?
Laafi beme ?
E pēhea ana koe ?
Good Night
Ne y yungo
Night pai
Good Evening
ne y zabre
pai ahiahi
Good Afternoon
Kia ora
Afternoon pai
Good Morning
Ne y yibeogo
Morning pai
Please
gafare
Tēnā
Sorry
gafare
Aroha mai
Bye
Wend na kon-d nindaare
poroporoaki
I Love You
Kei te aroha au ki a koe
Aroha ahau ki a koe
Excuse Me
Y gafare
tukua ahau
Dialect 1
Ouapadoupou
South Island Māori
Where They Speak
Burkina Faso
New Zealand
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00150,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Saremde
Western North Island Maori
Where They Speak
Burkina Faso
New Zealand
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00150,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Taolende
Eastern North Island Maori
Where They Speak
Burkina Faso
New Zealand
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00150,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
83
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
7.60 million0.18 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.11 %0.01 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
7.60 million0.18 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
5.00 million0.10 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Mosse
te Reo Māori
Alternative Names
Mossi, Mòoré, Mooré, More, Moshi, Mole, Mosi, Mòoré, Moré, More, Moshi, Mole, Mosi
New Zealand Maori
French Name
moré
maori
German Name
Mossi-Sprache
Maori-Sprache
Pronunciation
[mɔ̀ːsì]
[ˈmaɔɾi]
Ethnicity
Mossi
Māori people
Origin
11th Century AD
1814
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Western Sudanic
Polynesian
Branch
Gur (Voltaic)
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Mossi
Maori
Language Position
3726
1
120
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Signed Forms
Mossi Sign Language
Maori Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data Available
mi
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mos
mri
ISO 639 2/B
mos
mao
ISO 639 3
mos
mri
ISO 639 6
mos
mri
Glottocode
moss1236
maor1246
Linguasphere
No data Available
No data Available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
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