Countries
Burkina Faso
  
European Union, Malta
  
National Language
Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Ivory coast, Mali, Togo
  
Malta
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
National Council for the Maltese Language
  
Interesting Facts
- Mossi languages use pitch to distinguish meanings.
- Mossi is the 2nd largest ethnic group in Ivory Coast.
  
- Maltese language is the only semitic language written in Latin characters.
- Maltese language has borrowed many loan words from English, Italian and French.
  
Similar To
Dagbani Language
  
Western Arabic Dialects
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Roman Languages
  
Alphabets in
Mossi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Maltese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Kia ora
  
Ħello
  
Thank You
Laafi bala
  
Grazzi
  
How Are You?
Laafi beme ?
  
Kif int?
  
Good Night
Ne y yungo
  
Il-Lejla it-tajba
  
Good Evening
ne y zabre
  
Il-Lejla it-tajba
  
Good Afternoon
Kia ora
  
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb
  
Good Morning
Ne y yibeogo
  
L-għodwa t-tajba
  
Please
gafare
  
Jekk jogħġbok
  
Sorry
gafare
  
Skużani!
  
Bye
Wend na kon-d nindaare
  
Ċaw
  
I Love You
Kei te aroha au ki a koe
  
Inħobbok ħafna
  
Excuse Me
Y gafare
  
Skużi!
  
Dialect 1
Ouapadoupou
  
Qormi
  
Where They Speak
Burkina Faso
  
Malta
  
Dialect 2
Saremde
  
Żejtun
  
Where They Speak
Burkina Faso
  
Malta
  
Dialect 3
Taolende
  
Not Present
  
Where They Speak
Burkina Faso
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
7.60 million
  
99+
0.52 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
7.60 million
  
99+
0.52 million
  
99+
Native Name
Mosse
  
Malti
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Malti
  
French Name
moré
  
maltais
  
German Name
Mossi-Sprache
  
Maltesisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Mossi
  
Maltese
  
Origin
Not available
  
c. 1470
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Western Sudanic
  
Semitic
  
Branch
Gur (Voltaic)
  
North Abric
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Mossi
  
Maltese
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Maltese Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data Available
  
mt
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mos
  
mlt
  
ISO 639 2/B
mos
  
mlt
  
ISO 639 3
mos
  
mlt
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
moss1236
  
malt1254
  
Linguasphere
No data Available
  
12-AAC-c
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Synthetic
  
Mossi and Maltese 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 Maltese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Mossi and Maltese language. Mossi word for "Hello" is Kia ora or Maltese word for "Thank You" is Grazzi. Find more of such common Mossi Greetings and Maltese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Mossi vs Maltese Difficulty
The Mossi vs Maltese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Mossi Alphabets and Maltese 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 Maltese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Mossi and Maltese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Mossi is 30 weeks while to learn Maltese time required is 30 weeks.