Countries
Estonia, European Union
  
Burkina Faso
  
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 in
Estonian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Mossi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
1.10 million
  
99+
7.60 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
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
  
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
  
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
  
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.