Countries
Burkina Faso
India
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Ivory coast, Mali, Togo
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
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.
- Santali language was an oral language till nineteenth century.
- Before the invention of Santali alphabets, Santali was written with the Bengali or Odia alphabets.
Similar To
Dagbani Language
Munda Language
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2630
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
86
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1621
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
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
Henda ho
Thank You
Laafi bala
Adi Johar
How Are You?
Laafi beme ?
Cet’leka menama?
Good Night
Ne y yungo
Boge Ninda
Good Evening
ne y zabre
Boge Ayup’
Good Afternoon
Kia ora
संध्यायान
Good Morning
Ne y yibeogo
Boge Setak’
Please
gafare
দয়া করে
Sorry
gafare
দুঃখিত
Bye
Wend na kon-d nindaare
Hariau
I Love You
Kei te aroha au ki a koe
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ
Excuse Me
Y gafare
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲ
Dialect 1
Ouapadoupou
Mahali
Where They Speak
Burkina Faso
India
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.006,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Saremde
Not present
Where They Speak
Burkina Faso
-
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.006,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Taolende
Not present
Where They Speak
Burkina Faso
-
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.006,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
81
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
7.60 million6.30 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.11 %0.02 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
7.60 million6.30 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
5.00 million6.50 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Mosse
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
Alternative Names
Mossi, Mòoré, Mooré, More, Moshi, Mole, Mosi, Mòoré, Moré, More, Moshi, Mole, Mosi
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
French Name
moré
santal
German Name
Mossi-Sprache
Santali
Pronunciation
[mɔ̀ːsì]
[sɑnˈtɑli]
Ethnicity
Mossi
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
Origin
11th Century AD
20th century
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Austroasiatic Family
Subgroup
Western Sudanic
-
Branch
Gur (Voltaic)
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Mossi
Santali
Language Position
3741
1
120
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Signed Forms
Mossi Sign Language
Santali Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data Available
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mos
sat
ISO 639 2/B
mos
sat
ISO 639 3
mos
sat
ISO 639 6
mos
sat
Glottocode
moss1236
sant1410
Linguasphere
No data Available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
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