Countries
Burkina Faso
South Africa
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Ivory coast, Mali, Togo
South Africa
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Lesotho, South Africa
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Botswana, Lesotho
Regulated By
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-
Interesting Facts
- Mossi languages use pitch to distinguish meanings.
- Mossi is the 2nd largest ethnic group in Ivory Coast.
- Xhosa has 15 click sounds, borrowed from the khoi-khoi and san languages of the South Africa.
- The same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meaning when said with different tones, so Xhosa is tonal.
Similar To
Dagbani Language
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
Derived From
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Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2653
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
810
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1643
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Kia ora
Molo
Thank You
Laafi bala
Ndiyabulela
How Are You?
Laafi beme ?
Unjani
Good Night
Ne y yungo
Ulale kakuhle
Good Evening
ne y zabre
Ubusuku obuhle
Good Afternoon
Kia ora
Uben' emva kwemini entle
Good Morning
Ne y yibeogo
Molo
Please
gafare
Ndicela
Sorry
gafare
Ndicela uxolo
Bye
Wend na kon-d nindaare
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
I Love You
Kei te aroha au ki a koe
Ndiyakuthanda
Excuse Me
Y gafare
Uxolo
Dialect 1
Ouapadoupou
Gcaleka
Where They Speak
Burkina Faso
South Africa
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.0019,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Saremde
Thembu
Where They Speak
Burkina Faso
South Africa
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.0019,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Taolende
Hlubi
Where They Speak
Burkina Faso
South Africa
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.0019.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
89
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
7.60 million20.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.11 %0.11 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
7.60 million8.20 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
5.00 million11.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Mosse
isiXhosa
Alternative Names
Mossi, Mòoré, Mooré, More, Moshi, Mole, Mosi, Mòoré, Moré, More, Moshi, Mole, Mosi
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
French Name
moré
xhosa
German Name
Mossi-Sprache
Xhosa-Sprache
Pronunciation
[mɔ̀ːsì]
[ˈkǁʰɔ̀ːsa]
Ethnicity
Mossi
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
Origin
11th Century AD
16th Century
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Western Sudanic
Benue-Congo
Branch
Gur (Voltaic)
Bantu
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Mossi
isiXhosa
Language Position
3721
1
120
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Signed Forms
Mossi Sign Language
Signed Xhosa
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data Available
xh
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mos
xho
ISO 639 2/B
mos
xho
ISO 639 3
mos
xho
ISO 639 6
mos
xho
Glottocode
moss1236
xhos1239
Linguasphere
No data Available
99-AUT-fa
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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