Countries
Burkina Faso
  
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
  
National Language
Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Ivory coast, Mali, Togo
  
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
  
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
  
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
  
Interesting Facts
- Mossi languages use pitch to distinguish meanings.
- Mossi is the 2nd largest ethnic group in Ivory Coast.
  
- Malayalam language has 54 literals. Same sounds have different versions to it.
- Malayalam script is reffered as "Rod Script" and it is derived from the Grantha script, which was developed from Indic script of Brahmi.
  
Similar To
Dagbani Language
  
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
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Malayalam-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Brahmic family and derivatives
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Kia ora
  
ഹലോ (halēā)
  
Thank You
Laafi bala
  
നന്ദി (nandi)
  
How Are You?
Laafi beme ?
  
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
  
Good Night
Ne y yungo
  
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
  
Good Evening
ne y zabre
  
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
  
Good Afternoon
Kia ora
  
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
  
Good Morning
Ne y yibeogo
  
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
  
Please
gafare
  
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
  
Sorry
gafare
  
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
  
Bye
Wend na kon-d nindaare
  
വിട (viṭa)
  
I Love You
Kei te aroha au ki a koe
  
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
  
Excuse Me
Y gafare
  
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
  
Dialect 1
Ouapadoupou
  
Judeo-Malayalam
  
Where They Speak
Burkina Faso
  
Israel, kerala
  
Dialect 2
Saremde
  
Mappila
  
Where They Speak
Burkina Faso
  
India
  
Dialect 3
Taolende
  
Pandy Malayalam
  
Where They Speak
Burkina Faso
  
France, kerala
  
How Many People Speak?
7.60 million
  
99+
38.00 million
  
33
Native Speakers
7.60 million
  
99+
38.00 million
  
26
Native Name
Mosse
  
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
  
French Name
moré
  
malayalam
  
German Name
Mossi-Sprache
  
Malayalam
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Mossi
  
Malayali
  
Origin
Not available
  
9th Century
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Dravidian Family
  
Subgroup
Western Sudanic
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Gur (Voltaic)
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early form
  
Standard Forms
Mossi
  
Malayalam
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data Available
  
ml
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mos
  
mal
  
ISO 639 2/B
mos
  
mal
  
ISO 639 3
mos
  
mal
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
moss1236
  
mala1464
  
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
  
Synthetic
  
Mossi and Malayalam 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 Malayalam greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Mossi and Malayalam language. Mossi word for "Hello" is Kia ora or Malayalam word for "Thank You" is നന്ദി (nandi). Find more of such common Mossi Greetings and Malayalam Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Mossi vs Malayalam Difficulty
The Mossi vs Malayalam difficulty level basically depends on the number of Mossi Alphabets and Malayalam 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 Malayalam are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Mossi and Malayalam, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Mossi is 30 weeks while to learn Malayalam time required is 44 weeks.