Countries
United States of America
  
Burkina Faso
  
National Language
United States of America
  
Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Ivory coast, Mali, Togo
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
North America
  
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
- Navajo language is tonal language, as it heavily relies on pitch to distinguish between similar words.
- Navajo ethinc group is 2nd largest Native American group.
  
- Mossi languages use pitch to distinguish meanings.
- Mossi is the 2nd largest ethnic group in Ivory Coast.
  
Similar To
Apache Language
  
Dagbani Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Navajo-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Mossi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Yá'át'ééh
  
Kia ora
  
Thank You
Ahéhee'
  
Laafi bala
  
How Are You?
Ąąʼ haʼíí baa naniná?
  
Laafi beme ?
  
Good Night
Yá'át'ééh hiiłchi'į'
  
Ne y yungo
  
Good Evening
Yá'át'ééh ałní'íní
  
ne y zabre
  
Good Afternoon
Yá'át'ééh
  
Kia ora
  
Good Morning
Yá'át'ééh abíní
  
Ne y yibeogo
  
Please
T'aa shoodi
  
gafare
  
Sorry
Not available
  
gafare
  
Bye
Hágoónee’
  
Wend na kon-d nindaare
  
I Love You
Ayóó ánííníshí
  
Kei te aroha au ki a koe
  
Excuse Me
Shoohá
  
Y gafare
  
Dialect 1
Navajo1
  
Ouapadoupou
  
Where They Speak
Arizona
  
Burkina Faso
  
Dialect 2
Navajo2
  
Saremde
  
Where They Speak
New Mexico
  
Burkina Faso
  
Dialect 3
Navajo3
  
Taolende
  
Where They Speak
Utah
  
Burkina Faso
  
How Many People Speak?
1.70 million
  
99+
7.60 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
1.70 million
  
99+
7.60 million
  
99+
Native Name
Diné Bizaad / Dinék'ehjí
  
Mosse
  
Alternative Names
Navaho
  
Not Available
  
French Name
navaho
  
moré
  
German Name
Navajo-Sprache
  
Mossi-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Navajo people
  
Mossi
  
Origin
1500 CE
  
Not available
  
Language Family
Dené–Yeniseian Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Athapascan
  
Western Sudanic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Gur (Voltaic)
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Navajo
  
Mossi
  
Signed Forms
Navajo Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
nv
  
No data Available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
nav
  
mos
  
ISO 639 2/B
nav
  
mos
  
ISO 639 3
nav
  
mos
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nava1243
  
moss1236
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data Available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Polysynthetic, Synthetic
  
Not Available
  
Navajo and Mossi 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 Navajo and Mossi greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Navajo and Mossi language. Navajo word for "Hello" is Yá'át'ééh or Mossi word for "Thank You" is Laafi bala. Find more of such common Navajo Greetings and Mossi Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Navajo vs Mossi Difficulty
The Navajo vs Mossi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Navajo Alphabets and Mossi 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 Navajo and Mossi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Navajo and Mossi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Navajo is 88 weeks while to learn Mossi time required is 30 weeks.