Countries
Madagascar
  
Burkina Faso
  
National Language
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
  
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
Africa
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- Malagasy language was originated in southeast Asia, since it shares several common words and meanings with Indonesian Languages.
- About 93% of the basic vocabulary is of Malayo-Polynesian origin in Malagasy language.
  
- Mossi languages use pitch to distinguish meanings.
- Mossi is the 2nd largest ethnic group in Ivory Coast.
  
Similar To
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Dagbani Language
  
Derived From
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Alphabets in
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Mossi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Salama!
  
Kia ora
  
Thank You
Misaotra
  
Laafi bala
  
How Are You?
Manao ahoana!
  
Laafi beme ?
  
Good Night
Alina tsara
  
Ne y yungo
  
Good Evening
Manao ahoana e
  
ne y zabre
  
Good Afternoon
Manao ahoana e
  
Kia ora
  
Good Morning
Maraina tsara
  
Ne y yibeogo
  
Please
azafady
  
gafare
  
Sorry
Miala tsiny
  
gafare
  
Bye
Veloma!
  
Wend na kon-d nindaare
  
I Love You
Tiako ianao.
  
Kei te aroha au ki a koe
  
Excuse Me
Azafady
  
Y gafare
  
Dialect 1
Eastern Malagasy
  
Ouapadoupou
  
Where They Speak
Merina
  
Burkina Faso
  
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00
  
17
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Western Malagasy
  
Saremde
  
Where They Speak
Sakalava
  
Burkina Faso
  
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00
  
24
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Not Available
  
Taolende
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Burkina Faso
  
How Many People Speak?
Not Available
  
7.60 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
18.00 million
  
38
7.60 million
  
99+
Native Name
Fiteny Malagasy
  
Mosse
  
Alternative Names
Malagasy Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
French Name
malgache
  
moré
  
German Name
Malagassi-Sprache
  
Mossi-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Malagasy people
  
Mossi
  
Origin
1000 AD
  
Not available
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Austronesian
  
Western Sudanic
  
Branch
Indonesian
  
Gur (Voltaic)
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
standard Malagasy
  
Mossi
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
mg
  
No data Available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mlg
  
mos
  
ISO 639 2/B
mlg
  
mos
  
ISO 639 3
mlg
  
mos
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
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Glottocode
mala1537
  
moss1236
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data Available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Object-Subject
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
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Malagasy 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 Malagasy and Mossi greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Malagasy and Mossi language. Malagasy word for "Hello" is Salama! or Mossi word for "Thank You" is Laafi bala. Find more of such common Malagasy Greetings and Mossi Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Malagasy vs Mossi Difficulty
The Malagasy vs Mossi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Malagasy 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 Malagasy and Mossi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Malagasy and Mossi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Malagasy is Not Available while to learn Mossi time required is 30 weeks.