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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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