Countries
Burkina Faso
  
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
  
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.
Similar To
Dagbani Language
  
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Arabic Language
  
Alphabets in
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Swahili-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
7.60 million
  
99+
150.00 million
  
13
Speaking Population
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
  
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
  
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
  
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.