Countries
Burkina Faso
  
India, Nepal
  
National Language
Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Ivory coast, Mali, Togo
  
India, Nepal
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Nepal
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
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
- Mossi languages use pitch to distinguish meanings.
- Mossi is the 2nd largest ethnic group in Ivory Coast.
  
- Earlier, Maithili language was considered as the dialect of Hindi and Bengali, however in the year 2003 Maithili achieved an independent language status in India.
- Maithili has rich literature.
  
Similar To
Dagbani Language
  
Bhojpuri Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Mossi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Maithili-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
How Many Consonants
Not Available
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Kia ora
  
pranam
  
Thank You
Laafi bala
  
dhanyabad
  
How Are You?
Laafi beme ?
  
Aahan kehan chhi ?
  
Good Night
Ne y yungo
  
Śubharātri
  
Good Evening
ne y zabre
  
shubh sandhya
  
Good Afternoon
Kia ora
  
dopahar ke bad namaskar
  
Good Morning
Ne y yibeogo
  
Suprabhaat
  
Please
gafare
  
kripaya
  
Sorry
gafare
  
maf karai
  
Bye
Wend na kon-d nindaare
  
Alavidā
  
I Love You
Kei te aroha au ki a koe
  
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi
  
Excuse Me
Y gafare
  
kripaya
  
Dialect 1
Ouapadoupou
  
Tharuwat
  
Where They Speak
Burkina Faso
  
Nepal
  
Dialect 2
Saremde
  
Madhubani
  
Where They Speak
Burkina Faso
  
North India
  
Dialect 3
Taolende
  
Khortha
  
Where They Speak
Burkina Faso
  
Deoghar, France
  
How Many People Speak?
7.60 million
  
99+
32.00 million
  
35
Native Speakers
7.60 million
  
99+
27.00 million
  
30
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
2.80 million
  
33
Native Name
Mosse
  
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia
  
French Name
moré
  
maithili
  
German Name
Mossi-Sprache
  
Maithili
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Mossi
  
Maithil
  
Origin
Not available
  
14th century
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Western Sudanic
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Gur (Voltaic)
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Mossi
  
Standard Maithili
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data Available
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mos
  
mai
  
ISO 639 2/B
mos
  
mai
  
ISO 639 3
mos
  
mai
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
moss1236
  
mait1250
  
Linguasphere
No data Available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
All Mossi and Maithili Dialects
Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Mossi and Maithili dialects. Various dialects of Mossi and Maithili language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Mossi are spoken in different Mossi Speaking Countries whereas Maithili Dialects are spoken in different Maithili speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Mossi vs Maithili Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Mossi dialects include: Ouapadoupou, Saremde. Maithili dialects include: Tharuwat , Madhubani. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Mossi and Maithili Speaking population
Mossi and Maithili speaking population is one of the factors based on which Mossi and Maithili languages can be compared. The total count of Mossi and Maithili Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Mossi language is 0.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Maithili language is 0.41 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Mossi and Maithili on Mossi vs Maithili where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Mossi and Maithili Language Codes
Mossi and Maithili language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Mossi and Maithili Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.