Countries
Burkina Faso
  
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
  
National Language
Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Ivory coast, Mali, Togo
  
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Roman Empire
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
  
Interesting Facts
- Mossi languages use pitch to distinguish meanings.
- Mossi is the 2nd largest ethnic group in Ivory Coast.
  
- Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
- The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
  
Similar To
Dagbani Language
  
Armenian
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
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Greek-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Arabic, Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Kia ora
  
γεια σας (geia sas)
  
Thank You
Laafi bala
  
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
  
How Are You?
Laafi beme ?
  
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
  
Good Night
Ne y yungo
  
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
  
Good Evening
ne y zabre
  
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
  
Good Afternoon
Kia ora
  
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
  
Good Morning
Ne y yibeogo
  
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
  
Please
gafare
  
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
  
Sorry
gafare
  
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
  
Bye
Wend na kon-d nindaare
  
αντίο (antío)
  
I Love You
Kei te aroha au ki a koe
  
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
  
Excuse Me
Y gafare
  
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
  
Dialect 1
Ouapadoupou
  
Cappadocian Greek
  
Where They Speak
Burkina Faso
  
Greece
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Saremde
  
Griko
  
Where They Speak
Burkina Faso
  
Italy
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Taolende
  
Mariupol
  
Where They Speak
Burkina Faso
  
Ukraine
  
How Many People Speak?
7.60 million
  
99+
13.00 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
7.60 million
  
99+
13.00 million
  
99+
Native Name
Mosse
  
ελληνικά
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
  
French Name
moré
  
grec moderne (après 1453)
  
German Name
Mossi-Sprache
  
Neugriechisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[eliniˈka]
  
Ethnicity
Mossi
  
Greeks or Hellenes
  
Origin
Not available
  
1500 BC
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Western Sudanic
  
Hellenic
  
Branch
Gur (Voltaic)
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
  
Standard Forms
Mossi
  
Modern Greek
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Greek Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data Available
  
el
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mos
  
ell
  
ISO 639 2/B
mos
  
gre
  
ISO 639 3
mos
  
ell
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
ells
  
Glottocode
moss1236
  
gree1276
  
Linguasphere
No data Available
  
56-AAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Mossi and Greek 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 Greek greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Mossi and Greek language. Mossi word for "Hello" is Kia ora or Greek word for "Thank You" is ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱). Find more of such common Mossi Greetings and Greek Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Mossi vs Greek Difficulty
The Mossi vs Greek difficulty level basically depends on the number of Mossi Alphabets and Greek 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 Greek are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Mossi and Greek, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Mossi is 30 weeks while to learn Greek time required is 44 weeks.