Mossi and Dagbani interpreters for immigration and court work across the US, matched to the speaker's own language, usually by phone or video, plus certified translation.
Prism Linguistics provides Moshi-Dagomba interpreters, matched to Mossi or Dagbani, for USCIS and asylum interviews, court hearings and medical appointments anywhere in the United States, most often by phone or video, together with certified English translation of the French and English civil records these families hold.
Last reviewed September 2, 2026 by Sarah J, Prism Linguistics
Moshi-Dagomba is a heading that two languages sit under, and the first job on any booking is to work out which one you need. Mossi, also written Moore, is the larger by far, spoken across Burkina Faso; Dagbani belongs to the Dagomba of northern Ghana. They share a branch of the Gur family and a long history, but a Mossi interpreter from Ouagadougou and a Dagbani interpreter from Tamale are not swappable. Our office is in New York, and for these languages the interpreter almost always joins by phone or video.
Name the country, and the town if you can. A request that says only Moshi-Dagomba cannot be filled with any confidence, because the label hides the choice that decides the assignment. These are rare languages in the United States, the kind courts and hospitals come to us for exactly because a general agency cannot supply them. In-person speakers are thin on the ground, so most work runs remotely, and we give you an honest lead time when you book.
No state runs a certification exam in Mossi or in Dagbani, so a court works from a qualified interpreter in the specific language rather than a certified panel member. Because in-person interpreters are scarce, many hearings are covered by phone or video, and we confirm with the court that it will accept remote interpreting for that kind of proceeding before the date is set. Give us the country and the town and we pair a Mossi or a Dagbani speaker to the witness. Prism takes this work as a private agency, not as a court-appointed vendor.
Asylum is a real if smaller part of Moshi-Dagomba work, alongside the routine green-card and naturalization interviews. When it comes, the applicant is often describing a home village and events that never touched a written record, and the officer is listening for the specifics. An interpreter working in the person's own language, not a neighbouring one they only half follow, is what keeps that account intact. We brief the interpreter to render each answer as spoken, and we keep relatives out of the interpreting seat.
For most Mossi and Dagbani assignments a video or telephone line is not a compromise; it is how the language reaches the room at all. A qualified interpreter in Tamale Dagbani or Ouagadougou Mossi may be nowhere near your city, and a screen brings them in the same day for a clinic intake, an attorney meeting or a remote hearing. We hold in-person attendance for the settings that truly need a body present, and we say plainly when a case is one of them.
A Moshi-Dagomba translation order is rarely in Mossi or Dagbani at all. A Burkinabe applicant holds an extrait d'acte de naissance written in French by the civil status office of a mairie, so the task is French into English. A Ghanaian applicant holds a birth certificate already in English from the national Births and Deaths Registry, which needs no translation. Where the two languages actually surface is in the spelling of names and places: a Mossi name set down by a French clerk, a Dagomba name set down by an English one, and a passport that agrees with neither. We spell each name to the passport, note the original form, and sign the certified translation with a Certificate of Translation Accuracy. The full service is at certified translation.
Tell us the date, the city and the setting, or send a clear scan of the document. We reply with a fixed price and, for interpreting, a named linguist. Call +1 (833) 282 8883, email info@prismlinguistics.com, or use the quote form and you will hear back within 60 minutes during business hours.
Our only office is in New York, and our Moshi-Dagomba interpreters work nationwide. For in-person work we assign someone based in or near the city. These are the areas where Moshi-Dagomba work is concentrated; the full list of 288 cities is below it.
Prism Linguistics is rated 4.6 out of 5 across 67 client reviews for its interpreting and translation work in the United States. That is the company-wide figure; we do not publish a separate rating per language because there is no honest way to measure one. If a Moshi-Dagomba assignment ever falls short, tell us and we put it right.