Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
  
Burkina Faso
  
National Language
China, Taiwan
  
Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Ivory coast, Mali, Togo
  
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
- In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
  
- Mossi languages use pitch to distinguish meanings.
- Mossi is the 2nd largest ethnic group in Ivory Coast.
  
Similar To
Not Available
  
Dagbani Language
  
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Chinese.jpg#200
  
Mossi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)
  
Kia ora
  
Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
  
Laafi bala
  
How Are You?
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
  
Laafi beme ?
  
Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
  
Ne y yungo
  
Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
  
ne y zabre
  
Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
  
Kia ora
  
Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)
  
Ne y yibeogo
  
Please
请 (Qǐng)
  
gafare
  
Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
  
gafare
  
Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)
  
Wend na kon-d nindaare
  
I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
  
Kei te aroha au ki a koe
  
Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)
  
Y gafare
  
Dialect 1
Mandarin
  
Ouapadoupou
  
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
  
Burkina Faso
  
How Many People Speak
960,000,000.00
  
1
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Wu
  
Saremde
  
Where They Speak
China, United States of America
  
Burkina Faso
  
How Many People Speak
80,000,000.00
  
1
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Yue
  
Taolende
  
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
  
Burkina Faso
  
How Many People Speak
60,000,000.00
  
2
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million
  
2
7.60 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
873.00 million
  
1
7.60 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
178.00 million
  
3
Not Available
  
Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)
  
Mosse
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
French Name
chinois
  
moré
  
German Name
Chinesisch
  
Mossi-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Han
  
Mossi
  
Origin
1250 BC
  
Not available
  
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan 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 Chinese
  
Mossi
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
zh
  
No data Available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
zho
  
mos
  
ISO 639 2/B
chi
  
mos
  
ISO 639 3
zho
  
mos
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
sini1245
  
moss1236
  
Linguasphere
79-AAA
  
No data Available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
  
Not Available
  
Chinese 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 Chinese and Mossi greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Chinese and Mossi language. Chinese word for "Hello" is 您好 (Nín hǎo) or Mossi word for "Thank You" is Laafi bala. Find more of such common Chinese Greetings and Mossi Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Chinese vs Mossi Difficulty
The Chinese vs Mossi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Chinese 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 Chinese and Mossi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Chinese and Mossi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Chinese is 88 weeks while to learn Mossi time required is 30 weeks.