Countries
Burkina Faso
  
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
  
National Language
Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Ivory coast, Mali, Togo
  
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan
  
Interesting Facts
- Mossi languages use pitch to distinguish meanings.
- Mossi is the 2nd largest ethnic group in Ivory Coast.
  
- In Iran, Parsi language is known as Farsi, while in Afghanistan Persian language is known as Dari.
- Persian language has borrowed many loanwords from the Arabic language.
  
Similar To
Dagbani Language
  
Pashto and Balochi Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Arabic Language
  
Alphabets in
Mossi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Persian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Arabic
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Kia ora
  
سلام
  
Thank You
Laafi bala
  
متشکرم
  
How Are You?
Laafi beme ?
  
چطور هستید?
  
Good Night
Ne y yungo
  
شب بخیر
  
Good Evening
ne y zabre
  
عصر بخیر
  
Good Afternoon
Kia ora
  
بعد از ظهر بخیر
  
Good Morning
Ne y yibeogo
  
صبح به خیر
  
Please
gafare
  
لطفا
  
Sorry
gafare
  
متاسف
  
Bye
Wend na kon-d nindaare
  
خدا حافظ
  
I Love You
Kei te aroha au ki a koe
  
من شما را دوست دارم
  
Excuse Me
Y gafare
  
ببخشيد!
  
Dialect 1
Ouapadoupou
  
Western Persian
  
Where They Speak
Burkina Faso
  
Iran, Iraq
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
47,000,000.00
  
7
Dialect 2
Saremde
  
Dari Persian
  
Where They Speak
Burkina Faso
  
Afganistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
12,500,000.00
  
7
Dialect 3
Taolende
  
Tajik Persian
  
Where They Speak
Burkina Faso
  
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
7,900,000.00
  
6
How Many People Speak?
7.60 million
  
99+
65.00 million
  
26
Native Speakers
7.60 million
  
99+
65.00 million
  
17
Native Name
Mosse
  
فارسی
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
  
French Name
moré
  
persan
  
German Name
Mossi-Sprache
  
Persisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[fɒːɾˈsiː]
  
Ethnicity
Mossi
  
Persian people
  
Origin
Not available
  
1500 BC
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Western Sudanic
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Gur (Voltaic)
  
Iranian
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Persian and Middle Persian
  
Standard Forms
Mossi
  
Persian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Persian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data Available
  
fa
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mos
  
fas
  
ISO 639 2/B
mos
  
per
  
ISO 639 3
mos
  
pes
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
moss1236
  
fars1254
  
Linguasphere
No data Available
  
58-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 Persian 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 Persian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Mossi and Persian language. Mossi word for "Hello" is Kia ora or Persian word for "Thank You" is متشکرم. Find more of such common Mossi Greetings and Persian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Mossi vs Persian Difficulty
The Mossi vs Persian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Mossi Alphabets and Persian 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 Persian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Mossi and Persian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Mossi is 30 weeks while to learn Persian time required is 44 weeks.