Countries
Burkina Faso
  
India
  
National Language
Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Ivory coast, Mali, Togo
  
India
  
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
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Govenment of Goa
  
Interesting Facts
- Mossi languages use pitch to distinguish meanings.
- Mossi is the 2nd largest ethnic group in Ivory Coast.
  
- Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
- Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.
  
Similar To
Dagbani Language
  
Marathi
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Mossi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Kokani-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Kia ora
  
Namaskar
  
Thank You
Laafi bala
  
Dev Borem Korum
  
How Are You?
Laafi beme ?
  
kaso assa?
  
Good Night
Ne y yungo
  
Rati Boren Zavonn
  
Good Evening
ne y zabre
  
Sanj Borem Zavonn
  
Good Afternoon
Kia ora
  
Not Available
  
Good Morning
Ne y yibeogo
  
Dis Borem Zavonn
  
Please
gafare
  
Chike
  
Sorry
gafare
  
Maf kor
  
Bye
Wend na kon-d nindaare
  
Adeus
  
I Love You
Kei te aroha au ki a koe
  
hav tujo mog korta.
  
Excuse Me
Y gafare
  
upkar korxi
  
Dialect 1
Ouapadoupou
  
Antruz
  
Where They Speak
Burkina Faso
  
Goa
  
Dialect 2
Saremde
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Burkina Faso
  
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Taolende
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Burkina Faso
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
7.60 million
  
99+
7.40 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
7.60 million
  
99+
7.40 million
  
99+
Native Name
Mosse
  
Kōṅkaṇī
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese
  
French Name
moré
  
konkani
  
German Name
Mossi-Sprache
  
Konkani
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
kõkɳi
  
Ethnicity
Mossi
  
Konkanis
  
Origin
Not available
  
1209 A.D.
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Western Sudanic
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Gur (Voltaic)
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Mossi
  
Kokani
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
No data Available
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mos
  
kok
  
ISO 639 2/B
mos
  
kok
  
ISO 639 3
mos
  
kok
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
moss1236
  
goan1235
  
Linguasphere
No data Available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Mossi and Konkani 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 Konkani greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Mossi and Konkani language. Mossi word for "Hello" is Kia ora or Konkani word for "Thank You" is Dev Borem Korum. Find more of such common Mossi Greetings and Konkani Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Mossi vs Konkani Difficulty
The Mossi vs Konkani difficulty level basically depends on the number of Mossi Alphabets and Konkani 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 Konkani are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Mossi and Konkani, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Mossi is 30 weeks while to learn Konkani time required is 4 weeks.