Countries
Burkina Faso
  
Estonia, European Union
  
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 in
Mossi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Estonian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
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.
  
How Many People Speak?
7.60 million
  
99+
1.10 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
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
  
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
  
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
  
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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
  
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.