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Estonian vs Mossi


Mossi vs Estonian


Countries

Countries
Estonia, European Union   
Burkina Faso   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
Estonia, Gambia   
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
Denmark, Russia, Sweden   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Institute of the Estonian Language   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
  • Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
  
  • Mossi languages use pitch to distinguish meanings.
  • Mossi is the 2nd largest ethnic group in Ivory Coast.
  

Similar To
Finnish   
Dagbani Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27   
9
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
8   
5

How Many Consonants
18   
8
16   
6

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2   
1
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
30 weeks   
9

Greetings

Hello
Tere   
Kia ora   

Thank You
aitäh   
Laafi bala   

How Are You?
kuidas sul läheb   
Laafi beme ?   

Good Night
Head ööd   
Ne y yungo   

Good Evening
Tere õhtust   
ne y zabre   

Good Afternoon
Tere päevast   
Kia ora   

Good Morning
Tere hommikust   
Ne y yibeogo   

Please
Palun   
gafare   

Sorry
Vabandust   
gafare   

Bye
Head aega   
Wend na kon-d nindaare   

I Love You
ma armastan sind   
Kei te aroha au ki a koe   

Excuse Me
Vabandage   
Y gafare   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Keskmurre   
Ouapadoupou   

Where They Speak
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia   
Burkina Faso   

Dialect 2
Tartu   
Saremde   

Where They Speak
Georgia, South Estonia   
Burkina Faso   

Dialect 3
Idamurre   
Taolende   

Where They Speak
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.   
Burkina Faso   

Total No. Of Dialects
8   
8
8   
8

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.11 %   
99+

Native Speakers
0.95 million   
99+
7.60 million   
99+

Native Name
eesti keel   
Mosse   

Alternative Names
Eesti keel   
Not Available   

French Name
estonien   
moré   

German Name
Estnisch   
Mossi-Sprache   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Estonians   
Mossi   

History

Origin
13th century   
Not available   

Language Family
Uralic Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Finno-Ugric   
Western Sudanic   

Branch
Finnic   
Gur (Voltaic)   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Estonian   
Mossi   

Signed Forms
Estonian Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
et   
No data Available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
est   
mos   

ISO 639 2/B
est   
mos   

ISO 639 3
est   
mos   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
esto1258   
moss1236   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data Available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Not Available   

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Estonian and Mossi Language History

Comparison of Estonian vs Mossi language history gives us differences between origin of Estonian and Mossi language. History of Estonian language states that this language originated in 13th century 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 Estonian and Mossi Language History.

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

Estonian vs Mossi Difficulty

The Estonian vs Mossi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Estonian 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 Estonian and Mossi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Estonian and Mossi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Estonian is 44 weeks while to learn Mossi time required is 30 weeks.

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