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Mossi vs Chinese


Chinese vs Mossi


Countries

Countries
Burkina Faso   
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
5   
10

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

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

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Indonesia, Malaysia   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council   

Interesting Facts
  • Mossi languages use pitch to distinguish meanings.
  • Mossi is the 2nd largest ethnic group in Ivory Coast.
  
  • Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
  • In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
  

Similar To
Dagbani Language   
Not Available   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
24   
19

How Many Consonants
16   
6
23   
13

Scripts
Latin   
Chinese Characters and derivatives   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks   
9
88 weeks   
13

Greetings

Hello
Kia ora   
您好 (Nín hǎo)   

Thank You
Laafi bala   
谢谢 (Xièxiè)   

How Are You?
Laafi beme ?   
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)   

Good Night
Ne y yungo   
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)   

Good Evening
ne y zabre   
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)   

Good Afternoon
Kia ora   
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)   

Good Morning
Ne y yibeogo   
早安 (Zǎo ān)   

Please
gafare   
请 (Qǐng)   

Sorry
gafare   
遗憾 (Yíhàn)   

Bye
Wend na kon-d nindaare   
再见 (Zàijiàn)   

I Love You
Kei te aroha au ki a koe   
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)   

Excuse Me
Y gafare   
劳驾 (Láojià)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Ouapadoupou   
Mandarin   

Where They Speak
Burkina Faso   
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
960,000,000.00   
1

Dialect 2
Saremde   
Wu   

Where They Speak
Burkina Faso   
China, United States of America   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
80,000,000.00   
1

Dialect 3
Taolende   
Yue   

Where They Speak
Burkina Faso   
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
60,000,000.00   
2

Total No. Of Dialects
8   
8
10   
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.60 million   
99+
1,051.00 million   
2

Speaking Population
0.11 %   
99+
16.00 %   
2

Native Speakers
7.60 million   
99+
873.00 million   
1

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
178.00 million   
3

Native Name
Mosse   
中文 (zhōngwén)   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Not Available   

French Name
moré   
chinois   

German Name
Mossi-Sprache   
Chinesisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Mossi   
Han   

History

Origin
Not available   
1250 BC   

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 Chinese   

Language Position
Not Available   
1   
1

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
No data Available   
zh   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mos   
zho   

ISO 639 2/B
mos   
chi   

ISO 639 3
mos   
zho   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
moss1236   
sini1245   

Linguasphere
No data Available   
79-AAA   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Analytic, Isolating   

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Mossi and Chinese Language History

Comparison of Mossi vs Chinese language history gives us differences between origin of Mossi and Chinese language. History of Mossi language states that this language originated in Not available whereas history of Chinese language states that this language originated in 1250 BC. 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 Chinese Language History.

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

Mossi vs Chinese Difficulty

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

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