Countries
Philippines
  
Burkina Faso
  
National Language
Philippines
  
Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Ivory coast, Mali, Togo
  
Second Language
Philippines
  
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
Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- About one-fifth of the population of the philippines speak cebuano and are second largest ethnolinguistic group in the country.
- Cebuano contains many words of Spanish origin.
  
- Mossi languages use pitch to distinguish meanings.
- Mossi is the 2nd largest ethnic group in Ivory Coast.
  
Similar To
Hiligaynon Language
  
Dagbani Language
  
Derived From
Island of Cebu
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Cebuano-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Mossi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Hoy
  
Kia ora
  
Thank You
Salamat
  
Laafi bala
  
How Are You?
Kumusta man ka?
  
Laafi beme ?
  
Good Night
Maayong Gabii
  
Ne y yungo
  
Good Evening
Maayong Gabii
  
ne y zabre
  
Good Afternoon
Maayong Hapon
  
Kia ora
  
Good Morning
Maayong Buntag
  
Ne y yibeogo
  
Please
Palihug
  
gafare
  
Sorry
Ikasubo ko
  
gafare
  
Bye
Babay
  
Wend na kon-d nindaare
  
I Love You
Gihigugma ko ikaw
  
Kei te aroha au ki a koe
  
Excuse Me
Ekskyus mi
  
Y gafare
  
Dialect 1
Boholano
  
Ouapadoupou
  
Where They Speak
Bohol
  
Burkina Faso
  
Dialect 2
Southern Kana
  
Saremde
  
Where They Speak
southern Leyte
  
Burkina Faso
  
Dialect 3
North Kana
  
Taolende
  
Where They Speak
northern part of Leyte
  
Burkina Faso
  
How Many People Speak?
Not Available
  
7.60 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
21.00 million
  
36
7.60 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
14.50 million
  
19
Not Available
  
Native Name
Visayan
  
Mosse
  
Alternative Names
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan
  
Not Available
  
French Name
cebuano
  
moré
  
German Name
Cebuano
  
Mossi-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Cebuano people
  
Mossi
  
Origin
16th century
  
Not available
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
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
Standard Cebuano
  
Mossi
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data Available
  
No data Available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ceb
  
mos
  
ISO 639 2/B
ceb
  
mos
  
ISO 639 3
ceb
  
mos
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
cebu1242
  
moss1236
  
Linguasphere
No data Available
  
No data Available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Cebuano 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 Cebuano and Mossi greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Cebuano and Mossi language. Cebuano word for "Hello" is Hoy or Mossi word for "Thank You" is Laafi bala. Find more of such common Cebuano Greetings and Mossi Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Cebuano vs Mossi Difficulty
The Cebuano vs Mossi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Cebuano 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 Cebuano and Mossi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Cebuano and Mossi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Cebuano is 3 weeks while to learn Mossi time required is 30 weeks.