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Dutch vs Mossi


Mossi vs Dutch


Countries

Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname   
Burkina Faso   

Total No. Of Countries
6   
9
1   
14

National Language
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname   
Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Ivory coast, Mali, Togo   

Second Language
South Africa   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe, North America, South America   
Asia   

Minority Language
France, Germany, Indonesia   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
  • There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
  
  • Mossi languages use pitch to distinguish meanings.
  • Mossi is the 2nd largest ethnic group in Ivory Coast.
  

Similar To
German and English Languages   
Dagbani Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
8   
5

How Many Consonants
21   
11
16   
6

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
30 weeks   
9

Greetings

Hello
Hallo   
Kia ora   

Thank You
dankjewel   
Laafi bala   

How Are You?
hoe gaat het met je?   
Laafi beme ?   

Good Night
goede Nacht   
Ne y yungo   

Good Evening
goedenavond   
ne y zabre   

Good Afternoon
goedemiddag   
Kia ora   

Good Morning
goedemorgen   
Ne y yibeogo   

Please
alsjeblieft   
gafare   

Sorry
sorry   
gafare   

Bye
vaarwel   
Wend na kon-d nindaare   

I Love You
Ik hou van jou   
Kei te aroha au ki a koe   

Excuse Me
pardon   
Y gafare   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gronings   
Ouapadoupou   

Where They Speak
Netherlands   
Burkina Faso   

How Many People Speak
590,000.00   
32
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Low Saxon   
Saremde   

Where They Speak
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands   
Burkina Faso   

How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00   
16
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Limburgian   
Taolende   

Where They Speak
Belgium, Netherlands   
Burkina Faso   

How Many People Speak
1,300,000.00   
18
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
7   
7
8   
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million   
38
7.60 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.32 %   
38
0.11 %   
99+

Native Speakers
22.00 million   
35
7.60 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
6.00 million   
25
Not Available   

Native Name
Nederlands   
Mosse   

Alternative Names
Hollands, Nederlands   
Not Available   

French Name
néerlandais; flamand   
moré   

German Name
Niederländisch   
Mossi-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Dutch people   
Mossi   

History

Origin
AD 450-500   
Not available   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Germanic   
Western Sudanic   

Branch
Western   
Gur (Voltaic)   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard Dutch   
Mossi   

Language Position
48   
35
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
nl   
No data Available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nld   
mos   

ISO 639 2/B
dut   
mos   

ISO 639 3
nld   
mos   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
mode1257   
moss1236   

Linguasphere
52-ACB-a   
No data Available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Historical   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Not Available   

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Dutch and Mossi Language History

Comparison of Dutch vs Mossi language history gives us differences between origin of Dutch and Mossi language. History of Dutch language states that this language originated in AD 450-500 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 Dutch and Mossi Language History.

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Dutch 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 Dutch and Mossi greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Dutch and Mossi language. Dutch word for "Hello" is Hallo or Mossi word for "Thank You" is Laafi bala. Find more of such common Dutch Greetings and Mossi Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Dutch vs Mossi Difficulty

The Dutch vs Mossi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Dutch 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 Dutch and Mossi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Dutch and Mossi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Dutch is 24 weeks while to learn Mossi time required is 30 weeks.

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