Countries
Burkina Faso
  
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland
  
National Language
Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Ivory coast, Mali, Togo
  
Germany
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
North Dakota, United States of America
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Council for German Orthography
  
Interesting Facts
- Mossi languages use pitch to distinguish meanings.
- Mossi is the 2nd largest ethnic group in Ivory Coast.
  
- One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
- The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
  
Similar To
Dagbani Language
  
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Albanian Languages
  
Alphabets in
Mossi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
German-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Kia ora
  
hallo
  
Thank You
Laafi bala
  
Danke
  
How Are You?
Laafi beme ?
  
Wie geht es dir?
  
Good Night
Ne y yungo
  
gute Nacht
  
Good Evening
ne y zabre
  
guten Abend
  
Good Afternoon
Kia ora
  
guten Tag
  
Good Morning
Ne y yibeogo
  
guten Morgen
  
Please
gafare
  
bitte
  
Sorry
gafare
  
Verzeihung
  
Bye
Wend na kon-d nindaare
  
Tschüs
  
I Love You
Kei te aroha au ki a koe
  
Ich liebe dich
  
Excuse Me
Y gafare
  
Entschuldigung
  
Dialect 1
Ouapadoupou
  
Swiss German
  
Where They Speak
Burkina Faso
  
Switzerland
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
4,500,000.00
  
18
Dialect 2
Saremde
  
Swabian German
  
Where They Speak
Burkina Faso
  
Germany
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Taolende
  
Texas German
  
Where They Speak
Burkina Faso
  
Texas
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
7.60 million
  
99+
229.00 million
  
8
Native Speakers
7.60 million
  
99+
101.00 million
  
10
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
128.00 million
  
5
Native Name
Mosse
  
Deutsch
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Deutsch, Tedesco
  
French Name
moré
  
allemand
  
German Name
Mossi-Sprache
  
Deutsch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]
  
Ethnicity
Mossi
  
Germans
  
Origin
Not available
  
6th Century AD
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Western Sudanic
  
Germanic
  
Branch
Gur (Voltaic)
  
Western
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Mossi
  
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed German
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data Available
  
de
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mos
  
deu
  
ISO 639 2/B
mos
  
ger
  
ISO 639 3
mos
  
deu
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
deus
  
Glottocode
moss1236
  
high1287, uppe1397
  
Linguasphere
No data Available
  
52-ACB–dl & -dm
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Mossi and German 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 German greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Mossi and German language. Mossi word for "Hello" is Kia ora or German word for "Thank You" is Danke. Find more of such common Mossi Greetings and German Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Mossi vs German Difficulty
The Mossi vs German difficulty level basically depends on the number of Mossi Alphabets and German 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 German are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Mossi and German, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Mossi is 30 weeks while to learn German time required is 30 weeks.