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Abkhaz vs Mossi


Mossi vs Abkhaz


Countries

Countries
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia  
Burkina Faso  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
1  
14

National Language
Abkhazia  
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
Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • Abkhaz is a north-west Caucasian language.
  • Abkhaz is spoken in Abkhazia by only 100,000 people, while in Turkey there are 500,000 people speaking Abkhaz.
  
  • Mossi languages use pitch to distinguish meanings.
  • Mossi is the 2nd largest ethnic group in Ivory Coast.
  

Similar To
Adyghe language, Abaza language  
Dagbani Language  

Derived From
Caucasian languages  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
62  
36
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
2  
1
8  
5

How Many Consonants
60  
36
16  
6

Scripts
Cyrillic  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available  
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
27 weeks  
8
30 weeks  
9

Greetings

Hello
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)  
Kia ora  

Thank You
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)  
Laafi bala  

How Are You?
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)  
Laafi beme ?  

Good Night
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)  
Ne y yungo  

Good Evening
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)  
ne y zabre  

Good Afternoon
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)  
Kia ora  

Good Morning
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)  
Ne y yibeogo  

Please
Not Available  
gafare  

Sorry
Not Available  
gafare  

Bye
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)  
Wend na kon-d nindaare  

I Love You
Not available  
Kei te aroha au ki a koe  

Excuse Me
Not available  
Y gafare  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Bzyb  
Ouapadoupou  

Where They Speak
Abkhazia  
Burkina Faso  

Dialect 2
Abzhywa  
Saremde  

Where They Speak
Caucasus  
Burkina Faso  

Dialect 3
Sadz  
Taolende  

Where They Speak
Turkey  
Burkina Faso  

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
8  
8

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available  
0.11 %  
99+

Native Speakers
0.13 million  
99+
7.60 million  
99+

Native Name
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)  
Mosse  

Alternative Names
Abxazo, Abkhazian  
Not Available  

French Name
abkhaze  
moré  

German Name
Abchasisch  
Mossi-Sprache  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Abkhaz people  
Mossi  

History

Origin
c. 1650  
Not available  

Language Family
Northwest Caucasian  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Western Sudanic  

Branch
Not Available  
Gur (Voltaic)  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Abkhaz  
Mossi  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ab  
No data Available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
abk  
mos  

ISO 639 2/B
abk  
mos  

ISO 639 3
abk  
mos  

ISO 639 6
abks  
Not Available  

Glottocode
abkh1244  
moss1236  

Linguasphere
No data Available  
No data Available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Historical  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Not Available  

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Abkhaz and Mossi Language History

Comparison of Abkhaz vs Mossi language history gives us differences between origin of Abkhaz and Mossi language. History of Abkhaz language states that this language originated in c. 1650 whereas history of Mossi language states that this language originated in Not available. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Abkhaz and Mossi Language History.

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Abkhaz and Mossi Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Abkhaz and Mossi greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Abkhaz and Mossi language. Abkhaz word for "Hello" is Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa) or Mossi word for "Thank You" is Laafi bala. Find more of such common Abkhaz Greetings and Mossi Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Abkhaz vs Mossi Difficulty

The Abkhaz vs Mossi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Abkhaz Alphabets and Mossi Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Abkhaz and Mossi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Abkhaz and Mossi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Abkhaz is 27 weeks while to learn Mossi time required is 30 weeks.

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