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Mossi vs Igbo


Igbo vs Mossi


Countries

Countries
Burkina Faso   
Nigeria   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Ivory coast, Mali, Togo   
Nigeria   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Africa   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Equatorial Guinea   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture   

Interesting Facts
  • Mossi languages use pitch to distinguish meanings.
  • Mossi is the 2nd largest ethnic group in Ivory Coast.
  
  • In Igbo, there is complicated system of high and low tones indicating differences in meaning and grammatical relationships.
  • Igbo has inexhaustible and rich linguistic features like idioms, proverbs, aphorisms, anecdotes etc.
  

Similar To
Dagbani Language   
Not Available   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
36   
18

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
8   
5

How Many Consonants
16   
6
28   
18

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks   
9
52 weeks   
12

Greetings

Hello
Kia ora   
kedụ   

Thank You
Laafi bala   
dalụ   

How Are You?
Laafi beme ?   
kedụ ka ịmere   

Good Night
Ne y yungo   
ka chi fo   

Good Evening
ne y zabre   
mgbede ọma   

Good Afternoon
Kia ora   
ehihie ọma   

Good Morning
Ne y yibeogo   
ụtụtụ ọma   

Please
gafare   
Biko   

Sorry
gafare   
Ndo   

Bye
Wend na kon-d nindaare   
Not Available   

I Love You
Kei te aroha au ki a koe   
a hụrụ m gị n'anya   

Excuse Me
Y gafare   
ngọpụ   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Ouapadoupou   
Enuani   

Where They Speak
Burkina Faso   
Nigeria   

Dialect 2
Saremde   
Ngwa   

Where They Speak
Burkina Faso   
Nigeria   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
1,500,000.00   
22

Dialect 3
Taolende   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Burkina Faso   
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
8   
8
20   
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.60 million   
99+
25.00 million   
40

Speaking Population
0.11 %   
99+
Not Available   

Native Speakers
7.60 million   
99+
25.00 million   
32

Native Name
Mosse   
igbo   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Ibo   

French Name
moré   
igbo   

German Name
Mossi-Sprache   
Ibo-Sprache   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[iɡ͡boː]   

Ethnicity
Mossi   
Igbo people   

History

Origin
Not available   
30th Century BC   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Western Sudanic   
Kwa   

Branch
Gur (Voltaic)   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Mossi   
Standard Igbo   

Language Position
Not Available   
57   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
No data Available   
ig   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mos   
ibo   

ISO 639 2/B
mos   
ibo   

ISO 639 3
mos   
ibo   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
moss1236   
nucl1417   

Linguasphere
No data Available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Agglutinative   

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Mossi and Igbo Language History

Comparison of Mossi vs Igbo language history gives us differences between origin of Mossi and Igbo language. History of Mossi language states that this language originated in Not available whereas history of Igbo language states that this language originated in 30th Century BC. 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 Igbo Language History.

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

Mossi vs Igbo Difficulty

The Mossi vs Igbo difficulty level basically depends on the number of Mossi Alphabets and Igbo 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 Igbo are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Mossi and Igbo, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Mossi is 30 weeks while to learn Igbo time required is 52 weeks.

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