Countries
Burkina Faso
  
Nigeria
  
National Language
Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Ivory coast, Mali, Togo
  
Gambia, Nigeria
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Nigeria
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- Mossi languages use pitch to distinguish meanings.
- Mossi is the 2nd largest ethnic group in Ivory Coast.
  
- Hausa language is the most important and the best known of the Chadic branch.
- There are about one-fourth of Hausa words come from Arabic.
  
Similar To
Dagbani Language
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
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Alphabets in
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Hausa-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Kia ora
  
sannu
  
Thank You
Laafi bala
  
gode ku
  
How Are You?
Laafi beme ?
  
yaya dai
  
Good Night
Ne y yungo
  
mai kyau dare
  
Good Evening
ne y zabre
  
barka da yamma
  
Good Afternoon
Kia ora
  
barka da rana
  
Good Morning
Ne y yibeogo
  
mai kyau safe
  
Please
gafare
  
Don Allah
  
Sorry
gafare
  
yi hakuri
  
Bye
Wend na kon-d nindaare
  
sai anjima
  
I Love You
Kei te aroha au ki a koe
  
Ina son ku
  
Excuse Me
Y gafare
  
gafara dai
  
Dialect 1
Ouapadoupou
  
Gaananci
  
Where They Speak
Burkina Faso
  
Ghana
  
Dialect 2
Saremde
  
Kurhwayanci
  
Where They Speak
Burkina Faso
  
Niger
  
Dialect 3
Taolende
  
Daragaram
  
Where They Speak
Burkina Faso
  
Niger
  
How Many People Speak?
7.60 million
  
99+
50.00 million
  
28
Native Speakers
7.60 million
  
99+
35.00 million
  
27
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
15.00 million
  
18
Native Name
Mosse
  
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa
  
French Name
moré
  
haoussa
  
German Name
Mossi-Sprache
  
Haussa-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Mossi
  
Hausa–Fulani people
  
Origin
Not available
  
14
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Western Sudanic
  
Chadic
  
Branch
Gur (Voltaic)
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Mossi
  
Hausa
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data Available
  
ha
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mos
  
hau
  
ISO 639 2/B
mos
  
hau
  
ISO 639 3
mos
  
hau
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
moss1236
  
haus1257
  
Linguasphere
No data Available
  
19-HAA-b
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional
  
Mossi and Hausa 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 Hausa greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Mossi and Hausa language. Mossi word for "Hello" is Kia ora or Hausa word for "Thank You" is gode ku. Find more of such common Mossi Greetings and Hausa Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Mossi vs Hausa Difficulty
The Mossi vs Hausa difficulty level basically depends on the number of Mossi Alphabets and Hausa 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 Hausa are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Mossi and Hausa, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Mossi is 30 weeks while to learn Hausa time required is 44 weeks.