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Sinhalese and Mossi


Mossi and Sinhalese


Countries

Countries
Sri Lanka  
Burkina Faso  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Sri Lanka  
Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Ivory coast, Mali, Togo  

Second Language
Sri Lanka  
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
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • In Sinhalese language, there are many loanwords from Dravidian languages mainly Tamil, Portuguese, Dutch and English.
  • Sinhalese language has it own script/ writing system.
  
  • Mossi languages use pitch to distinguish meanings.
  • Mossi is the 2nd largest ethnic group in Ivory Coast.
  

Similar To
Maldivian Language  
Dagbani Language  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Sinhalese-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Mossi-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
54  
33
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
18  
15
8  
5

How Many Consonants
36  
26
16  
6

Scripts
Sinhala alphabet  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2  
1
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
30 weeks  
10

Greetings

Hello
හලෝ (halō)  
Kia ora  

Thank You
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)  
Laafi bala  

How Are You?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)  
Laafi beme ?  

Good Night
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)  
Ne y yungo  

Good Evening
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)  
ne y zabre  

Good Afternoon
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)  
Kia ora  

Good Morning
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)  
Ne y yibeogo  

Please
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)  
gafare  

Sorry
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)  
gafare  

Bye
බායි (bāyi)  
Wend na kon-d nindaare  

I Love You
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)  
Kei te aroha au ki a koe  

Excuse Me
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)  
Y gafare  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Vedda  
Ouapadoupou  

Where They Speak
Sri Lanka  
Burkina Faso  

How Many People Speak
19,000,000.00  
30
7,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Sri Lankan Sinhala  
Saremde  

Where They Speak
-  
Burkina Faso  

How Many People Speak
19,000,000.00  
27
7,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Up-Country Sinhalese  
Taolende  

Where They Speak
-  
Burkina Faso  

How Many People Speak
16,000,000.00  
27
7,000,000.00  
33

Total No. Of Dialects
1  
1
8  
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
16.00 million  
99+
7.60 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.25 %  
99+
0.11 %  
99+

Native Speakers
16.00 million  
39
7.60 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
2.00 million  
99+
5.00 million  
99+

Native Name
සිංහල (sĩhala)  
Mosse  

Alternative Names
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala  
Mossi, Mòoré, Mooré, More, Moshi, Mole, Mosi, Mòoré, Moré, More, Moshi, Mole, Mosi  

French Name
singhalais  
moré  

German Name
Singhalesisch  
Mossi-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[ˈsiŋhəliːz]  
[mɔ̀ːsì]  

Ethnicity
Sinhalese people  
Mossi  

History

Origin
3  
11th Century AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Western Sudanic  

Branch
Indic  
Gur (Voltaic)  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Sinhalese Prakrit  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Modern Sinhalese  
Mossi  

Language Position
70  
99+
37  
34

Signed Forms
Signed Sinhalese  
Mossi Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
si  
No data Available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sin  
mos  

ISO 639 2/B
sin  
mos  

ISO 639 3
sin  
mos  

ISO 639 6
sin  
mos  

Glottocode
sinh1246  
moss1236  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data Available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
-  

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All Sinhalese and Mossi Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Sinhalese and Mossi dialects. Various dialects of Sinhalese and Mossi language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Sinhalese are spoken in different Sinhalese Speaking Countries whereas Mossi Dialects are spoken in different Mossi speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Sinhalese vs Mossi Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Sinhalese dialects include: Vedda, Sri Lankan Sinhala. Mossi dialects include: Ouapadoupou , Saremde. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Sinhalese and Mossi Speaking population

Sinhalese and Mossi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Sinhalese and Mossi languages can be compared. The total count of Sinhalese and Mossi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Sinhalese language is 0.25 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Mossi language is 0.11 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Sinhalese and Mossi on Sinhalese vs Mossi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Sinhalese and Mossi Language Codes

Sinhalese and Mossi language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Sinhalese and Mossi Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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