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Khmer vs Mossi


Mossi vs Khmer


Countries

Countries
Cambodia   
Burkina Faso   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam   
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
Australia, France, United States of America   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Khmer is not the tonal language.
  • Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
  
  • Mossi languages use pitch to distinguish meanings.
  • Mossi is the 2nd largest ethnic group in Ivory Coast.
  

Similar To
Lao Language   
Dagbani Language   

Derived From
Pali and Sanskrit Languages   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53   
32
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
20   
17
8   
5

How Many Consonants
33   
23
16   
6

Scripts
Khmer   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
30 weeks   
9

Greetings

Hello
ND   
Kia ora   

Thank You
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)   
Laafi bala   

How Are You?
អ្នក​សុខសប្បាយ​ទេ   
Laafi beme ?   

Good Night
ND   
Ne y yungo   

Good Evening
ND   
ne y zabre   

Good Afternoon
ND   
Kia ora   

Good Morning
ND   
Ne y yibeogo   

Please
ND   
gafare   

Sorry
ND   
gafare   

Bye
ND   
Wend na kon-d nindaare   

I Love You
ND   
Kei te aroha au ki a koe   

Excuse Me
ND   
Y gafare   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Khmer   
Ouapadoupou   

Where They Speak
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America   
Burkina Faso   

How Many People Speak
1,400,000.00   
26
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Khmer Krom   
Saremde   

Where They Speak
Vietnam   
Burkina Faso   

How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00   
24
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Western Khmer   
Taolende   

Where They Speak
Cambodia, Thailand   
Burkina Faso   

Total No. Of Dialects
6   
6
8   
8

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.24 %   
99+
0.11 %   
99+

Native Speakers
13.00 million   
99+
7.60 million   
99+

Native Name
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)   
Mosse   

Alternative Names
Cambodian, Khmer   
Not Available   

French Name
khmer central   
moré   

German Name
Kambodschanisch   
Mossi-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Khmer, Northern Khmer   
Mossi   

History

Origin
14   
Not available   

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Western Sudanic   

Branch
Not Available   
Gur (Voltaic)   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Khmer   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Modern Khmer   
Mossi   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
km   
No data Available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
khm   
mos   

ISO 639 2/B
khm   
mos   

ISO 639 3
khm   
mos   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
khme1253   
moss1236   

Linguasphere
Not Available   
No data Available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Not Available   

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Khmer and Mossi Language History

Comparison of Khmer vs Mossi language history gives us differences between origin of Khmer and Mossi language. History of Khmer language states that this language originated in 14 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 Khmer and Mossi Language History.

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

Khmer vs Mossi Difficulty

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

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