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Maltese vs Mossi


Mossi vs Maltese


Countries

Countries
European Union, Malta   
Burkina Faso   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

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

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

Alphabets
30   
12
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
8   
5

How Many Consonants
24   
14
16   
6

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks   
9
30 weeks   
9

Greetings

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   

Dialects

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   

Total No. Of Dialects
2   
2
8   
8

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.11 %   
99+

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   

History

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   

Code

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   

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Maltese and Mossi Language History

Comparison of Maltese vs Mossi language history gives us differences between origin of Maltese and Mossi language. History of Maltese language states that this language originated in c. 1470 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 Maltese and Mossi Language History.

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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.

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