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Mossi vs Javanese


Javanese vs Mossi


Countries

Countries
Burkina Faso   
Indonesia   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

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

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

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Malaysia, Netherlands, Singapore, Suriname   

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.
  
  • The Javanese group is the largest ethnic group in Indonesian.
  • The earliest writing in Javanese dates from the 4th Century AD, at that time Javanese was written with the Pallava alphabet.
  

Similar To
Dagbani Language   
Madurese, Sundanese and Balinese Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
27   
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
6   
3

How Many Consonants
16   
6
21   
11

Scripts
Latin   
Arabic, Javanese, Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks   
9
36 weeks   
10

Greetings

Hello
Kia ora   
Halo   

Thank You
Laafi bala   
matur nuwun   

How Are You?
Laafi beme ?   
piye kabare?   

Good Night
Ne y yungo   
wengi sing apik   

Good Evening
ne y zabre   
Sugeng sọnten   

Good Afternoon
Kia ora   
Sugeng siang   

Good Morning
Ne y yibeogo   
Sugeng énjing   

Please
gafare   
Not Available   

Sorry
gafare   
Nyuwun pangapunten   

Bye
Wend na kon-d nindaare   
Kepanggih malih benjang   

I Love You
Kei te aroha au ki a koe   
Kula tresna panjengan   

Excuse Me
Y gafare   
Nuwun séwu   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Ouapadoupou   
Pekalongan   

Where They Speak
Burkina Faso   
Indonesia   

Dialect 2
Saremde   
Cirebon   

Where They Speak
Burkina Faso   
Indonesia   

Dialect 3
Taolende   
Arekan   

Where They Speak
Burkina Faso   
Indonesia   

Total No. Of Dialects
8   
8
16   
15

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.60 million   
99+
82.00 million   
19

Speaking Population
0.11 %   
99+
1.25 %   
13

Native Speakers
7.60 million   
99+
76.00 million   
13

Native Name
Mosse   
basa Jawa   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Djawa, Jawa   

French Name
moré   
javanais   

German Name
Mossi-Sprache   
Javanisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Mossi   
Javanese (Mataram, Osing, Tenggerese, Boyanese, Samin, Cirebonese, Banyumasan, etc)   

History

Origin
Not available   
450 AD   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Austronesian Family   

Subgroup
Western Sudanic   
Indonesian   

Branch
Gur (Voltaic)   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Mossi   
Javanese   

Language Position
Not Available   
11   
10

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
No data Available   
jv   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mos   
jav   

ISO 639 2/B
mos   
jav   

ISO 639 3
mos   
jav   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
moss1236   
java1253   

Linguasphere
No data Available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Agglutinative   

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Mossi and Javanese Language History

Comparison of Mossi vs Javanese language history gives us differences between origin of Mossi and Javanese language. History of Mossi language states that this language originated in Not available whereas history of Javanese language states that this language originated in 450 AD. 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 Javanese Language History.

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

Mossi vs Javanese Difficulty

The Mossi vs Javanese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Mossi Alphabets and Javanese 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 Javanese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Mossi and Javanese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Mossi is 30 weeks while to learn Javanese time required is 36 weeks.

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