Countries
Ethiopia, Kenya
Burkina Faso
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Ethiopia
Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Ivory coast, Mali, Togo
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Somalia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
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-
Interesting Facts
- Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
- Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
- Mossi languages use pitch to distinguish meanings.
- Mossi is the 2nd largest ethnic group in Ivory Coast.
Similar To
Somali Language
Dagbani Language
Derived From
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-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3426
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
108
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2416
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
53
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks30 weeks
3
88
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Hello
akkam
Kia ora
Thank You
Galatoomi
Laafi bala
How Are You?
Attam jirta/jirtu?
Laafi beme ?
Good Night
Nagayattii buli
Ne y yungo
Good Evening
Akkam waarite
ne y zabre
Good Afternoon
Attam oolte / ooltan
Kia ora
Good Morning
Attam bulte/bultan
Ne y yibeogo
Please
Maaloo
gafare
Sorry
naa dhiisi
gafare
Bye
Nagayattii!
Wend na kon-d nindaare
I Love You
Sin jaaladha
Kei te aroha au ki a koe
Excuse Me
Maaloo na dabarsi
Y gafare
Dialect 1
Borana
Ouapadoupou
Where They Speak
Ethiopia, Kenya
Burkina Faso
How Many People Speak
4,000,000.007,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Orma
Saremde
Where They Speak
Kenya
Burkina Faso
How Many People Speak
66,000.007,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Wata
Taolende
Where They Speak
Kenya
Burkina Faso
How Many People Speak
13,000.007,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
178
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million7.60 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.36 %0.11 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
24.00 million7.60 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
35.00 million5.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Afaan Oromo
Mosse
Alternative Names
Afaan Oromoo
Mossi, Mòoré, Mooré, More, Moshi, Mole, Mosi, Mòoré, Moré, More, Moshi, Mole, Mosi
French Name
galla
moré
German Name
Galla-Sprache
Mossi-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ɔrɔmɔ]
[mɔ̀ːsì]
Ethnicity
Oromos
Mossi
Origin
16
11th Century AD
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Cushitic
Western Sudanic
Branch
-
Gur (Voltaic)
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Afaan Oromo
Mossi
Language Position
9137
1
120
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Signed Forms
Oromo Sign Language
Mossi Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
om
No data Available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
orm
mos
ISO 639 2/B
orm
mos
ISO 639 3
orm
mos
ISO 639 6
orm
mos
Glottocode
nucl1736
moss1236
Linguasphere
No data available
No data Available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
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