Oti–Volta languages Oti–Volta languages The Oti–Volta languages form a subgroup of the Gur languages, comprising about 30 languages of northern Ghana, Benin, and Burkina Faso spoken by twelve million people. The most populous language is Mõõré, the national language of Burkina, spoken by five million people. The family is named for the Oti and Volta rivers. The internal classification of Oti–Volta, as worked out by Manessy 1975–79 and Naden 1989 (Williamson & Blench 2000) is as follows: Native Dagbani speakers assert that Dagbani is mutually intelligible with Dagaare, Frafra, Mamprusi, and Wali, but in the case of Dagaare, Frara and Wali it
Synonomy in Japanese compares native Japanese words, inherited from Old Japanese – "yamato kotoba" – with words borrowed from Chinese – "kango" – and loanwords from other languages – "gairaigo". As Japan is a very mountainous country, significant differences between the dialects of Japanese exist even in their native vocabulary. Synonomy in Japanese Synonymy in Japanese refers to two or more words or expressions in Japanese that may have the same meaning. There are many synonyms in Japanese because the Japanese language draws from several different languages for loanwords, such as Chinese and English, as well as its own native words. In Japanese,