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Mossi vs Cantonese


Cantonese vs Mossi


Countries

Countries
Burkina Faso  
Hong Kong, Macau  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Ivory coast, Mali, Togo  
China, Guangdong  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Hawaii  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division  

Interesting Facts
  • Mossi languages use pitch to distinguish meanings.
  • Mossi is the 2nd largest ethnic group in Ivory Coast.
  
  • Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
  • Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
  

Similar To
Dagbani Language  
Chinese Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
28  
10

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
8  
5

How Many Consonants
16  
6
20  
10

Scripts
Latin  
Chinese Characters and derivatives  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
10  
8

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
9
88 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
Kia ora  
您好  

Thank You
Laafi bala  
谢谢  

How Are You?
Laafi beme ?  
你好吗?  

Good Night
Ne y yungo  
晚安  

Good Evening
ne y zabre  
晚上好  

Good Afternoon
Kia ora  
下午好  

Good Morning
Ne y yibeogo  
早上好  

Please
gafare  
请  

Sorry
gafare  
遗憾  

Bye
Wend na kon-d nindaare  
再见  

I Love You
Kei te aroha au ki a koe  
我爱你  

Excuse Me
Y gafare  
原谅我  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Ouapadoupou  
Guangzhou  

Where They Speak
Burkina Faso  
outside mainland China  

Dialect 2
Saremde  
Xiguan  

Where They Speak
Burkina Faso  
Hong Kong  

Dialect 3
Taolende  
Hong Kong  

Where They Speak
Burkina Faso  
Hong Kong  

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.60 million  
99+
60.00 million  
27

Speaking Population
0.11 %  
99+
16.00 %  
2

Native Speakers
7.60 million  
99+
52.00 million  
21

Native Name
Mosse  
Kwang Tung Wa  

Alternative Names
Not Available  
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese  

French Name
moré  
Not Available  

German Name
Mossi-Sprache  
Not Available  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Mossi  
Not Available  

History

Origin
Not available  
17th century  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Sino-Tibetan 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 Cantonese  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Not Available  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data Available  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mos  
Not Available  

ISO 639 2/B
mos  
Not Available  

ISO 639 3
mos  
No data available  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
moss1236  
cant1236  

Linguasphere
No data Available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Not Available  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

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Mossi and Cantonese Language History

Comparison of Mossi vs Cantonese language history gives us differences between origin of Mossi and Cantonese language. History of Mossi language states that this language originated in Not available whereas history of Cantonese language states that this language originated in 17th century. 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 Mossi and Cantonese Language History.

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Mossi and Cantonese 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 Mossi and Cantonese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Mossi and Cantonese language. Mossi word for "Hello" is Kia ora or Cantonese word for "Thank You" is 谢谢. Find more of such common Mossi Greetings and Cantonese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Mossi vs Cantonese Difficulty

The Mossi vs Cantonese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Mossi Alphabets and Cantonese 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 Mossi and Cantonese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Mossi and Cantonese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Mossi is 30 weeks while to learn Cantonese time required is 88 weeks.

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