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Mossi vs Finnish


Finnish vs Mossi


Countries

Countries
Burkina Faso   
European Union, Finland   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Ivory coast, Mali, Togo   
Estonia, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Estonia   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Institute for the Languages of Finland   

Interesting Facts
  • Mossi languages use pitch to distinguish meanings.
  • Mossi is the 2nd largest ethnic group in Ivory Coast.
  
  • Finnish language has adopted many words from Iranian, Turkic, Baltic, Germanic and Slavic languages.
  • In Finnish language, there are no articles or grammatical gender.
  

Similar To
Dagbani Language   
Estonian and Livonian Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
8   
5

How Many Consonants
16   
6
13   
3

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks   
9
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Kia ora   
Moi   

Thank You
Laafi bala   
Kiitos   

How Are You?
Laafi beme ?   
Mitä kuuluu?   

Good Night
Ne y yungo   
hyvää yötä   

Good Evening
ne y zabre   
Hyvää iltaa   

Good Afternoon
Kia ora   
Hyvää iltapäivää   

Good Morning
Ne y yibeogo   
Hyvää huomenta   

Please
gafare   
haluta   

Sorry
gafare   
Anteeksi   

Bye
Wend na kon-d nindaare   
Heippa   

I Love You
Kei te aroha au ki a koe   
Minä rakastan sinua   

Excuse Me
Y gafare   
Anteeksi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Ouapadoupou   
Colloquial Finnish   

Where They Speak
Burkina Faso   
Finland   

Dialect 2
Saremde   
Rauma   

Where They Speak
Burkina Faso   
Finland, Rauma   

Dialect 3
Taolende   
Meänkieli   

Where They Speak
Burkina Faso   
Finland, Sweden   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
60,000.00   
31

Total No. Of Dialects
8   
8
21   
19

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.11 %   
99+
Not Available   

Native Speakers
7.60 million   
99+
5.40 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
0.01 million   
39

Native Name
Mosse   
suomi / suomen kieli   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Suomi   

French Name
moré   
finnois   

German Name
Mossi-Sprache   
Finnisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ˈsuomi]   

Ethnicity
Mossi   
ethnic Finns   

History

Origin
Not available   
1543   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Uralic Family   

Subgroup
Western Sudanic   
Finno-Ugric   

Branch
Gur (Voltaic)   
Finnic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Proto-Finnic language   

Standard Forms
Mossi   
standard Finnish   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Finnish   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
No data Available   
fi   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mos   
fin   

ISO 639 2/B
mos   
fin   

ISO 639 3
mos   
fin   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
moss1236   
finn1318   

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, Synthetic   

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Mossi and Finnish Language History

Comparison of Mossi vs Finnish language history gives us differences between origin of Mossi and Finnish language. History of Mossi language states that this language originated in Not available whereas history of Finnish language states that this language originated in 1543. 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 Finnish Language History.

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

Mossi vs Finnish Difficulty

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

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