Countries
European Union, Malta
  
Burkina Faso
  
National Language
Malta
  
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
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
National Council for the Maltese Language
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- Maltese language is the only semitic language written in Latin characters.
- Maltese language has borrowed many loan words from English, Italian and French.
  
- Mossi languages use pitch to distinguish meanings.
- Mossi is the 2nd largest ethnic group in Ivory Coast.
  
Similar To
Western Arabic Dialects
  
Dagbani Language
  
Derived From
Roman Languages
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Mossi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Ħello
  
Kia ora
  
Thank You
Grazzi
  
Laafi bala
  
How Are You?
Kif int?
  
Laafi beme ?
  
Good Night
Il-Lejla it-tajba
  
Ne y yungo
  
Good Evening
Il-Lejla it-tajba
  
ne y zabre
  
Good Afternoon
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb
  
Kia ora
  
Good Morning
L-għodwa t-tajba
  
Ne y yibeogo
  
Please
Jekk jogħġbok
  
gafare
  
Sorry
Skużani!
  
gafare
  
Bye
Ċaw
  
Wend na kon-d nindaare
  
I Love You
Inħobbok ħafna
  
Kei te aroha au ki a koe
  
Excuse Me
Skużi!
  
Y gafare
  
Dialect 1
Qormi
  
Ouapadoupou
  
Where They Speak
Malta
  
Burkina Faso
  
Dialect 2
Żejtun
  
Saremde
  
Where They Speak
Malta
  
Burkina Faso
  
Dialect 3
Not Present
  
Taolende
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Burkina Faso
  
How Many People Speak?
0.52 million
  
99+
7.60 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
0.52 million
  
99+
7.60 million
  
99+
Native Name
Malti
  
Mosse
  
Alternative Names
Malti
  
Not Available
  
French Name
maltais
  
moré
  
German Name
Maltesisch
  
Mossi-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Maltese
  
Mossi
  
Origin
c. 1470
  
Not available
  
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Semitic
  
Western Sudanic
  
Branch
North Abric
  
Gur (Voltaic)
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Maltese
  
Mossi
  
Signed Forms
Maltese Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
mt
  
No data Available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mlt
  
mos
  
ISO 639 2/B
mlt
  
mos
  
ISO 639 3
mlt
  
mos
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
malt1254
  
moss1236
  
Linguasphere
12-AAC-c
  
No data Available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Not Available
  
Maltese 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 Maltese and Mossi greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Maltese and Mossi language. Maltese word for "Hello" is Ħello or Mossi word for "Thank You" is Laafi bala. Find more of such common Maltese Greetings and Mossi Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Maltese vs Mossi Difficulty
The Maltese vs Mossi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Maltese 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 Maltese and Mossi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Maltese and Mossi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Maltese is 30 weeks while to learn Mossi time required is 30 weeks.