Countries
Japan
  
Burkina Faso
  
National Language
Japan
  
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
Asia, Pacific
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Palau
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
- There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  
- Mossi languages use pitch to distinguish meanings.
- Mossi is the 2nd largest ethnic group in Ivory Coast.
  
Similar To
Korean Language
  
Dagbani Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Japanese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Mossi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Kana
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
  
Kia ora
  
Thank You
ありがとう (Arigatō)
  
Laafi bala
  
How Are You?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
  
Laafi beme ?
  
Good Night
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
  
Ne y yungo
  
Good Evening
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
  
ne y zabre
  
Good Afternoon
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
  
Kia ora
  
Good Morning
おはよう (Ohayō)
  
Ne y yibeogo
  
Please
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
  
gafare
  
Sorry
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
  
gafare
  
Bye
さようなら (Sayōnara)
  
Wend na kon-d nindaare
  
I Love You
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
  
Kei te aroha au ki a koe
  
Excuse Me
すみません (Sumimasen)
  
Y gafare
  
Dialect 1
Sanuki
  
Ouapadoupou
  
Where They Speak
Kagawa
  
Burkina Faso
  
How Many People Speak
1,000,000.00
  
28
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Hakata
  
Saremde
  
Where They Speak
Fukuoka
  
Burkina Faso
  
Dialect 3
Kansai
  
Taolende
  
Where They Speak
kansai
  
Burkina Faso
  
How Many People Speak?
128.00 million
  
14
7.60 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
128.00 million
  
9
7.60 million
  
99+
Native Name
日本語
  
Mosse
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
French Name
japonais
  
moré
  
German Name
Japanisch
  
Mossi-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Japanese (Yamato)
  
Mossi
  
Origin
1185
  
Not available
  
Language Family
Japonic Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Western Sudanic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Gur (Voltaic)
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Japanese
  
Mossi
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Japanese
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ja
  
No data Available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
jpn
  
mos
  
ISO 639 2/B
jpn
  
mos
  
ISO 639 3
jpn
  
mos
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nucl1643
  
moss1236
  
Linguasphere
45-CAA-a
  
No data Available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
  
Not Available
  
Japanese 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 Japanese and Mossi greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Japanese and Mossi language. Japanese word for "Hello" is こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa) or Mossi word for "Thank You" is Laafi bala. Find more of such common Japanese Greetings and Mossi Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Japanese vs Mossi Difficulty
The Japanese vs Mossi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Japanese 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 Japanese and Mossi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Japanese and Mossi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Japanese is 88 weeks while to learn Mossi time required is 30 weeks.