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Mossi vs Norwegian


Norwegian vs Mossi


Countries

Countries
Burkina Faso   
Norway   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

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

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

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Europe, South America   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Nynorsk   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Norwegian Language Council   

Interesting Facts
  • Mossi languages use pitch to distinguish meanings.
  • Mossi is the 2nd largest ethnic group in Ivory Coast.
  
  • Bergen is one of the Norwegian dialect which has only two genders: common and neuter.
  • Since Norwegian language uses pitch accents, it has musical quality and are sometimes employed to distinguish the meanings of homonyms.
  

Similar To
Dagbani Language   
Swedish and Danish Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
9   
6

How Many Consonants
16   
6
20   
10

Scripts
Latin   
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
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
Kia ora   
hallo   

Thank You
Laafi bala   
takk   

How Are You?
Laafi beme ?   
hvordan har du det?   

Good Night
Ne y yungo   
god natt   

Good Evening
ne y zabre   
god kveld   

Good Afternoon
Kia ora   
god ettermiddag   

Good Morning
Ne y yibeogo   
god morgen   

Please
gafare   
Vær så snill   

Sorry
gafare   
unnskyld   

Bye
Wend na kon-d nindaare   
ha det   

I Love You
Kei te aroha au ki a koe   
Jeg Elsker Deg   

Excuse Me
Y gafare   
unnskyld meg   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Ouapadoupou   
Jamtlandic   

Where They Speak
Burkina Faso   
Jamtland,Harjedalen   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
30,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Saremde   
Sognamål   

Where They Speak
Burkina Faso   
Sogn   

Dialect 3
Taolende   
Hallingmål-Valdris   

Where They Speak
Burkina Faso   
Hallingdal, Valdres   

Total No. Of Dialects
8   
8
19   
17

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.60 million   
99+
5.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.11 %   
99+
Not Available   

Native Speakers
7.60 million   
99+
5.00 million   
99+

Native Name
Mosse   
Norsk   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Norsk   

French Name
moré   
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien   

German Name
Mossi-Sprache   
Nynorsk   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian) [nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)   

Ethnicity
Mossi   
Norwegians   

History

Origin
Not available   
c. 1300 AD   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Western Sudanic   
Germanic   

Branch
Gur (Voltaic)   
Northern (Scandinavian)   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian   

Standard Forms
Mossi   
Nynorsk, Bokmål   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Norwegian   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
No data Available   
no   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mos   
nor   

ISO 639 2/B
mos   
nor   

ISO 639 3
mos   
nor   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
moss1236   
norw1258   

Linguasphere
No data Available   
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Fusional   

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Mossi and Norwegian Language History

Comparison of Mossi vs Norwegian language history gives us differences between origin of Mossi and Norwegian language. History of Mossi language states that this language originated in Not available whereas history of Norwegian language states that this language originated in c. 1300 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 Norwegian Language History.

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

Mossi vs Norwegian Difficulty

The Mossi vs Norwegian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Mossi Alphabets and Norwegian 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 Norwegian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Mossi and Norwegian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Mossi is 30 weeks while to learn Norwegian time required is 24 weeks.

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