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Mossi vs Zulu


Zulu vs Mossi


Countries

Countries
Burkina Faso   
South Africa   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Ivory coast, Mali, Togo   
South Africa   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Africa   

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

Regulated By
Not Available   
Pan South African Language Board   

Interesting Facts
  • Mossi languages use pitch to distinguish meanings.
  • Mossi is the 2nd largest ethnic group in Ivory Coast.
  
  • The meaning of word "Zulu" means "Sky"and Zulu was the name of the ancestor who founded the Zulu royal line in about 1670.
  • Zulu language has many loanwords borrowed from Afrikaans and English Languages.
  

Similar To
Dagbani Language   
Xhosa Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
57   
34

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
7   
4

How Many Consonants
16   
6
50   
35

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
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Kia ora   
Sawubona   

Thank You
Laafi bala   
Ngiyabonga   

How Are You?
Laafi beme ?   
unjani   

Good Night
Ne y yungo   
okuhle ebusuku   

Good Evening
ne y zabre   
okuhle kusihlwa   

Good Afternoon
Kia ora   
okuhle ntambama   

Good Morning
Ne y yibeogo   
okuhle ekuseni   

Please
gafare   
Ngiyacela   

Sorry
gafare   
Ngiyaxolisa   

Bye
Wend na kon-d nindaare   
bye   

I Love You
Kei te aroha au ki a koe   
Ngiyakuthanda wena   

Excuse Me
Y gafare   
Uxolo   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Ouapadoupou   
Qwabe   

Where They Speak
Burkina Faso   
Gabon, South Africa   

Dialect 2
Saremde   
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu   

Where They Speak
Burkina Faso   
Georgia, South Africa   

Dialect 3
Taolende   
Ndebele   

Where They Speak
Burkina Faso   
Zimbabwe   

Total No. Of Dialects
8   
8
4   
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.60 million   
99+
30.00 million   
36

Speaking Population
0.11 %   
99+
0.16 %   
99+

Native Speakers
7.60 million   
99+
12.00 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
16.00 million   
17

Native Name
Mosse   
isiZulu   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Isizulu, Zunda   

French Name
moré   
zoulou   

German Name
Mossi-Sprache   
Zulu-Sprache   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Mossi   
Zulu people   

History

Origin
Not available   
19   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Western Sudanic   
Benue-Congo   

Branch
Gur (Voltaic)   
Beatu   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
urban Zulu   

Standard Forms
Mossi   
Deep Zulu   

Language Position
Not Available   
87   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
No data Available   
zu   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mos   
zul   

ISO 639 2/B
mos   
zul   

ISO 639 3
mos   
zul   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
moss1236   
zulu1248   

Linguasphere
No data Available   
99-AUT-fg   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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Mossi and Zulu Language History

Comparison of Mossi vs Zulu language history gives us differences between origin of Mossi and Zulu language. History of Mossi language states that this language originated in Not available whereas history of Zulu language states that this language originated in 19. 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 Zulu Language History.

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

Mossi vs Zulu Difficulty

The Mossi vs Zulu difficulty level basically depends on the number of Mossi Alphabets and Zulu 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 Zulu are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Mossi and Zulu, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Mossi is 30 weeks while to learn Zulu time required is 44 weeks.

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