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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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