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.
  
- Sanskrit language has highest number of vocabularies than any other language.
- Sanskrit Language has proved to help in speech therapy, also it increases concentration and helps to learn maths and science better.
  
Similar To
Dagbani Language
  
Old German Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Prakrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Mossi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Sanskrit-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Kia ora
  
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)
  
Thank You
Laafi bala
  
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)
  
How Are You?
Laafi beme ?
  
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)
  
Good Night
Ne y yungo
  
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)
  
Good Evening
ne y zabre
  
शुभः सायंकालः
  
Good Afternoon
Kia ora
  
शुभ दुपार
  
Good Morning
Ne y yibeogo
  
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)
  
Please
gafare
  
कृपया (kripayā)
  
Sorry
gafare
  
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
  
Bye
Wend na kon-d nindaare
  
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)
  
I Love You
Kei te aroha au ki a koe
  
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)
  
Excuse Me
Y gafare
  
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
  
Dialect 1
Ouapadoupou
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Burkina Faso
  
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Saremde
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Burkina Faso
  
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Taolende
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Burkina Faso
  
Not Available
  
Total No. Of Dialects
0
  
How Many People Speak?
7.60 million
  
99+
14.10 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
7.60 million
  
99+
14.10 million
  
99+
Native Name
Mosse
  
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
French Name
moré
  
sanskrit
  
German Name
Mossi-Sprache
  
Sanskrit
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[səmskr̩t̪əm]
  
Ethnicity
Mossi
  
Not Available
  
Origin
Not available
  
2000 B.C.
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Western Sudanic
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Gur (Voltaic)
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Vedic Sanskrit
  
Standard Forms
Mossi
  
Sanskrit
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data Available
  
sa
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mos
  
san
  
ISO 639 2/B
mos
  
san
  
ISO 639 3
mos
  
san
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
moss1236
  
sans1269
  
Linguasphere
No data Available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Ancient
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Synthetic
  
Mossi and Sanskrit 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 Sanskrit greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Mossi and Sanskrit language. Mossi word for "Hello" is Kia ora or Sanskrit word for "Thank You" is धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh). Find more of such common Mossi Greetings and Sanskrit Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Mossi vs Sanskrit Difficulty
The Mossi vs Sanskrit difficulty level basically depends on the number of Mossi Alphabets and Sanskrit 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 Sanskrit are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Mossi and Sanskrit, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Mossi is 30 weeks while to learn Sanskrit time required is 20 weeks.