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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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