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Mossi vs Dutch


Dutch vs Mossi


Countries

Countries
Burkina Faso   
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
6   
9

National Language
Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Ivory coast, Mali, Togo   
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
South Africa   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia, Europe, North America, South America   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
France, Germany, Indonesia   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)   

Interesting Facts
  • Mossi languages use pitch to distinguish meanings.
  • Mossi is the 2nd largest ethnic group in Ivory Coast.
  
  • Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
  • There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
  

Similar To
Dagbani Language   
German and English Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
6   
3

How Many Consonants
16   
6
21   
11

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks   
9
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
Kia ora   
Hallo   

Thank You
Laafi bala   
dankjewel   

How Are You?
Laafi beme ?   
hoe gaat het met je?   

Good Night
Ne y yungo   
goede Nacht   

Good Evening
ne y zabre   
goedenavond   

Good Afternoon
Kia ora   
goedemiddag   

Good Morning
Ne y yibeogo   
goedemorgen   

Please
gafare   
alsjeblieft   

Sorry
gafare   
sorry   

Bye
Wend na kon-d nindaare   
vaarwel   

I Love You
Kei te aroha au ki a koe   
Ik hou van jou   

Excuse Me
Y gafare   
pardon   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Ouapadoupou   
Gronings   

Where They Speak
Burkina Faso   
Netherlands   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
590,000.00   
32

Dialect 2
Saremde   
Low Saxon   

Where They Speak
Burkina Faso   
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
4,000,000.00   
16

Dialect 3
Taolende   
Limburgian   

Where They Speak
Burkina Faso   
Belgium, Netherlands   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
1,300,000.00   
18

Total No. Of Dialects
8   
8
7   
7

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.60 million   
99+
28.00 million   
38

Speaking Population
0.11 %   
99+
0.32 %   
38

Native Speakers
7.60 million   
99+
22.00 million   
35

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
6.00 million   
25

Native Name
Mosse   
Nederlands   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Hollands, Nederlands   

French Name
moré   
néerlandais; flamand   

German Name
Mossi-Sprache   
Niederländisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]   

Ethnicity
Mossi   
Dutch people   

History

Origin
Not available   
AD 450-500   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Western Sudanic   
Germanic   

Branch
Gur (Voltaic)   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch   

Standard Forms
Mossi   
Standard Dutch   

Language Position
Not Available   
48   
35

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
No data Available   
nl   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mos   
nld   

ISO 639 2/B
mos   
dut   

ISO 639 3
mos   
nld   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
moss1236   
mode1257   

Linguasphere
No data Available   
52-ACB-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Historical   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Synthetic   

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Mossi and Dutch Language History

Comparison of Mossi vs Dutch language history gives us differences between origin of Mossi and Dutch language. History of Mossi language states that this language originated in Not available whereas history of Dutch language states that this language originated in AD 450-500. 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 Dutch Language History.

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

Mossi vs Dutch Difficulty

The Mossi vs Dutch difficulty level basically depends on the number of Mossi Alphabets and Dutch 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 Dutch are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Mossi and Dutch, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Mossi is 30 weeks while to learn Dutch time required is 24 weeks.

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