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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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