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Mossi vs Estonian


Estonian vs Mossi


Countries

Countries
Burkina Faso  
Estonia, European Union  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Ivory coast, Mali, Togo  
Estonia, Gambia  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Europe  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Denmark, Russia, Sweden  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Institute of the Estonian Language  

Interesting Facts
  • Mossi languages use pitch to distinguish meanings.
  • Mossi is the 2nd largest ethnic group in Ivory Coast.
  
  • Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
  • Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
  

Similar To
Dagbani Language  
Finnish  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
27  
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
9  
6

How Many Consonants
16  
6
18  
8

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
9
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Kia ora  
Tere  

Thank You
Laafi bala  
aitäh  

How Are You?
Laafi beme ?  
kuidas sul läheb  

Good Night
Ne y yungo  
Head ööd  

Good Evening
ne y zabre  
Tere õhtust  

Good Afternoon
Kia ora  
Tere päevast  

Good Morning
Ne y yibeogo  
Tere hommikust  

Please
gafare  
Palun  

Sorry
gafare  
Vabandust  

Bye
Wend na kon-d nindaare  
Head aega  

I Love You
Kei te aroha au ki a koe  
ma armastan sind  

Excuse Me
Y gafare  
Vabandage  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Ouapadoupou  
Keskmurre  

Where They Speak
Burkina Faso  
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia  

Dialect 2
Saremde  
Tartu  

Where They Speak
Burkina Faso  
Georgia, South Estonia  

Dialect 3
Taolende  
Idamurre  

Where They Speak
Burkina Faso  
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.  

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
8  
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.60 million  
99+
1.10 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.11 %  
99+
Not Available  

Native Speakers
7.60 million  
99+
0.95 million  
99+

Native Name
Mosse  
eesti keel  

Alternative Names
Not Available  
Eesti keel  

French Name
moré  
estonien  

German Name
Mossi-Sprache  
Estnisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Mossi  
Estonians  

History

Origin
Not available  
13th century  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Uralic Family  

Subgroup
Western Sudanic  
Finno-Ugric  

Branch
Gur (Voltaic)  
Finnic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Mossi  
Estonian  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Estonian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data Available  
et  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mos  
est  

ISO 639 2/B
mos  
est  

ISO 639 3
mos  
est  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
moss1236  
esto1258  

Linguasphere
No data Available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Agglutinative  

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Mossi and Estonian Language History

Comparison of Mossi vs Estonian language history gives us differences between origin of Mossi and Estonian language. History of Mossi language states that this language originated in Not available whereas history of Estonian language states that this language originated in 13th 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 Estonian Language History.

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

Mossi vs Estonian Difficulty

The Mossi vs Estonian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Mossi Alphabets and Estonian 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 Estonian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Mossi and Estonian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Mossi is 30 weeks while to learn Estonian time required is 44 weeks.

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