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Mossi vs Persian


Persian vs Mossi


Countries

Countries
Burkina Faso   
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
3   
12

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

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

Alphabets
26   
8
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
6   
3

How Many Consonants
16   
6
23   
13

Scripts
Latin   
Arabic   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks   
9
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

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!   

Dialects

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

Total No. Of Dialects
8   
8
12   
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.60 million   
99+
65.00 million   
26

Speaking Population
0.11 %   
99+
0.99 %   
20

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   

History

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   
23   
19

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Persian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

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   

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Mossi and Persian Language History

Comparison of Mossi vs Persian language history gives us differences between origin of Mossi and Persian language. History of Mossi language states that this language originated in Not available whereas history of Persian language states that this language originated in 1500 BC. 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 Persian Language History.

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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.

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