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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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