Countries
Burkina Faso
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
National Language
Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Ivory coast, Mali, Togo
Portugal
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
United States of America
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America
Regulated By
Not Available
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
Interesting Facts
- Mossi languages use pitch to distinguish meanings.
- Mossi is the 2nd largest ethnic group in Ivory Coast.
- Portuguese language has absorbed many words from French, Italian, Arabic and also from indigenous South American and African languages.
- The first written document in Portuguese language was found in the 12th century.
Similar To
Dagbani Language
Spanish and Galician Languages
Derived From
Not Available
Latin
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
Laafi bala
obrigado
How Are You?
Laafi beme ?
Como você está?
Good Night
Ne y yungo
boa noite
Good Evening
ne y zabre
boa Noite
Good Afternoon
Kia ora
boa Tarde
Good Morning
Ne y yibeogo
bom Dia
Bye
Wend na kon-d nindaare
tchau
I Love You
Kei te aroha au ki a koe
Eu te amo
Excuse Me
Y gafare
desculpe me
Dialect 1
Ouapadoupou
Brazilian Portuguese
Where They Speak
Burkina Faso
Brazil
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Saremde
European Portuguese
Where They Speak
Burkina Faso
Portugal
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Taolende
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
Where They Speak
Burkina Faso
Daman and Diu
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Mosse
Português
Alternative Names
Not Available
Português
French Name
moré
portugais
German Name
Mossi-Sprache
Portugiesisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
Ethnicity
Mossi
Portuguese people or portugueses
Origin
Not available
3rd Century
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Western Sudanic
Romance
Branch
Gur (Voltaic)
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
Medieval Galician
Standard Forms
Mossi
Portuguese
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Portuguese
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data Available
pt
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
moss1236
port1283
Linguasphere
No data Available
51-AAA-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available
Mossi and Portuguese 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 Portuguese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Mossi and Portuguese language. Mossi word for "Hello" is Kia ora or Portuguese word for "Thank You" is obrigado. Find more of such common Mossi Greetings and Portuguese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Mossi vs Portuguese Difficulty
The Mossi vs Portuguese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Mossi Alphabets and Portuguese 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 Portuguese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Mossi and Portuguese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Mossi is 30 weeks while to learn Portuguese time required is 24 weeks.