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Mossi vs Swahili


Swahili vs Mossi


Countries

Countries
Burkina Faso   
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
4   
11

National Language
Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Ivory coast, Mali, Togo   
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Africa   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)   

Interesting Facts
  • Mossi languages use pitch to distinguish meanings.
  • Mossi is the 2nd largest ethnic group in Ivory Coast.
  
  • Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
  • The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
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Similar To
Dagbani Language   
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Arabic Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
24   
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
5   
2

How Many Consonants
16   
6
21   
11

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks   
9
36 weeks   
10

Greetings

Hello
Kia ora   
Habari   

Thank You
Laafi bala   
Asante   

How Are You?
Laafi beme ?   
Habari gani?   

Good Night
Ne y yungo   
Usiku mwema   

Good Evening
ne y zabre   
Habari za jioni   

Good Afternoon
Kia ora   
nzuri Alasiri   

Good Morning
Ne y yibeogo   
Habari za asubuhi   

Please
gafare   
tafadhali   

Sorry
gafare   
pole   

Bye
Wend na kon-d nindaare   
bye   

I Love You
Kei te aroha au ki a koe   
nakupenda   

Excuse Me
Y gafare   
Samahani   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Ouapadoupou   
Kiunguja   

Where They Speak
Burkina Faso   
Zanzibar island   

Dialect 2
Saremde   
Kimrima   

Where They Speak
Burkina Faso   
Dar es Salaam   

Dialect 3
Taolende   
Kimgao   

Where They Speak
Burkina Faso   
Kilwa   

Total No. Of Dialects
8   
8
12   
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.60 million   
99+
150.00 million   
13

Speaking Population
0.11 %   
99+
Not Available   

Native Speakers
7.60 million   
99+
15.00 million   
40

Native Name
Mosse   
Not Available   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili   

French Name
moré   
swahili   

German Name
Mossi-Sprache   
Swahili   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Mossi   
Swahili people or Waswahili   

History

Origin
Not available   
6th century   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Western Sudanic   
Benue-Congo   

Branch
Gur (Voltaic)   
Bantu   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Mossi   
Swahili   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual, Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
No data Available   
sw   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mos   
swa   

ISO 639 2/B
mos   
swa   

ISO 639 3
mos   
swa   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
moss1236   
swah1254   

Linguasphere
No data Available   
99-AUS-m   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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Mossi and Swahili Language History

Comparison of Mossi vs Swahili language history gives us differences between origin of Mossi and Swahili language. History of Mossi language states that this language originated in Not available whereas history of Swahili language states that this language originated in 6th century. 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 Swahili Language History.

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Mossi and Swahili 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 Swahili greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Mossi and Swahili language. Mossi word for "Hello" is Kia ora or Swahili word for "Thank You" is Asante. Find more of such common Mossi Greetings and Swahili Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Mossi vs Swahili Difficulty

The Mossi vs Swahili difficulty level basically depends on the number of Mossi Alphabets and Swahili 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 Swahili are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Mossi and Swahili, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Mossi is 30 weeks while to learn Swahili time required is 36 weeks.

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