Countries
Indonesia
  
Burkina Faso
  
National Language
Indonesia
  
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
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Malaysia, Netherlands, Singapore, Suriname
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- The Javanese group is the largest ethnic group in Indonesian.
- The earliest writing in Javanese dates from the 4th Century AD, at that time Javanese was written with the Pallava alphabet.
  
- Mossi languages use pitch to distinguish meanings.
- Mossi is the 2nd largest ethnic group in Ivory Coast.
  
Similar To
Madurese, Sundanese and Balinese Languages
  
Dagbani Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Javanese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Mossi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Javanese, Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Halo
  
Kia ora
  
Thank You
matur nuwun
  
Laafi bala
  
How Are You?
piye kabare?
  
Laafi beme ?
  
Good Night
wengi sing apik
  
Ne y yungo
  
Good Evening
Sugeng sọnten
  
ne y zabre
  
Good Afternoon
Sugeng siang
  
Kia ora
  
Good Morning
Sugeng énjing
  
Ne y yibeogo
  
Please
Not Available
  
gafare
  
Sorry
Nyuwun pangapunten
  
gafare
  
Bye
Kepanggih malih benjang
  
Wend na kon-d nindaare
  
I Love You
Kula tresna panjengan
  
Kei te aroha au ki a koe
  
Excuse Me
Nuwun séwu
  
Y gafare
  
Dialect 1
Pekalongan
  
Ouapadoupou
  
Where They Speak
Indonesia
  
Burkina Faso
  
Dialect 2
Cirebon
  
Saremde
  
Where They Speak
Indonesia
  
Burkina Faso
  
Dialect 3
Arekan
  
Taolende
  
Where They Speak
Indonesia
  
Burkina Faso
  
How Many People Speak?
82.00 million
  
19
7.60 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
76.00 million
  
13
7.60 million
  
99+
Native Name
basa Jawa
  
Mosse
  
Alternative Names
Djawa, Jawa
  
Not Available
  
French Name
javanais
  
moré
  
German Name
Javanisch
  
Mossi-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Javanese (Mataram, Osing, Tenggerese, Boyanese, Samin, Cirebonese, Banyumasan, etc)
  
Mossi
  
Origin
450 AD
  
Not available
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Indonesian
  
Western Sudanic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Gur (Voltaic)
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Javanese
  
Mossi
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
jv
  
No data Available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
jav
  
mos
  
ISO 639 2/B
jav
  
mos
  
ISO 639 3
jav
  
mos
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
java1253
  
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
  
Javanese 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 Javanese and Mossi greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Javanese and Mossi language. Javanese word for "Hello" is Halo or Mossi word for "Thank You" is Laafi bala. Find more of such common Javanese Greetings and Mossi Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Javanese vs Mossi Difficulty
The Javanese vs Mossi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Javanese 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 Javanese and Mossi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Javanese and Mossi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Javanese is 36 weeks while to learn Mossi time required is 30 weeks.