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
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- Mossi languages use pitch to distinguish meanings.
- Mossi is the 2nd largest ethnic group in Ivory Coast.
  
- The earliest literature in Oriya was traced in 7th to 9th centuries.
- Since Odia is having a long literary history and has not borrowed largely from other languages, it is the 6th classical language in India.
  
Similar To
Dagbani Language
  
Bengali and Assamese
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Mossi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Oriya-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Kia ora
  
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)
  
Thank You
Laafi bala
  
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)
  
How Are You?
Laafi beme ?
  
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)
  
Good Night
Ne y yungo
  
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)
  
Good Evening
ne y zabre
  
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)
  
Good Afternoon
Kia ora
  
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)
  
Good Morning
Ne y yibeogo
  
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)
  
Please
gafare
  
Not Available
  
Sorry
gafare
  
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)
  
Bye
Wend na kon-d nindaare
  
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)
  
I Love You
Kei te aroha au ki a koe
  
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)
  
Excuse Me
Y gafare
  
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)
  
Dialect 1
Ouapadoupou
  
Baleswari
  
Where They Speak
Burkina Faso
  
India
  
Dialect 2
Saremde
  
Ganjami
  
Where They Speak
Burkina Faso
  
India
  
Dialect 3
Taolende
  
Kosli
  
Where They Speak
Burkina Faso
  
India
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
7.60 million
  
99+
33.00 million
  
34
Native Speakers
7.60 million
  
99+
33.00 million
  
28
Native Name
Mosse
  
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia
  
French Name
moré
  
oriya
  
German Name
Mossi-Sprache
  
Oriya-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ˈoɽia]
  
Ethnicity
Mossi
  
Odias
  
Origin
Not available
  
3 BC
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Western Sudanic
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Gur (Voltaic)
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Mossi
  
Standard Odia
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Indian Signing System
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
No data Available
  
or
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mos
  
ori
  
ISO 639 2/B
mos
  
ori
  
ISO 639 3
mos
  
ori
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
moss1236
  
macr1269
  
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 Oriya 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 Oriya greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Mossi and Oriya language. Mossi word for "Hello" is Kia ora or Oriya word for "Thank You" is ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad). Find more of such common Mossi Greetings and Oriya Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Mossi vs Oriya Difficulty
The Mossi vs Oriya difficulty level basically depends on the number of Mossi Alphabets and Oriya 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 Oriya are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Mossi and Oriya, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Mossi is 30 weeks while to learn Oriya time required is 44 weeks.