Countries
Ethiopia, Kenya
  
Burkina Faso
  
National Language
Ethiopia
  
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
Africa
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Somalia
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
- Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
  
- Mossi languages use pitch to distinguish meanings.
- Mossi is the 2nd largest ethnic group in Ivory Coast.
  
Similar To
Somali Language
  
Dagbani Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Oromo-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Mossi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
akkam
  
Kia ora
  
Thank You
Galatoomi
  
Laafi bala
  
How Are You?
Attam jirta/jirtu?
  
Laafi beme ?
  
Good Night
Nagayattii buli
  
Ne y yungo
  
Good Evening
Akkam waarite
  
ne y zabre
  
Good Afternoon
Attam oolte / ooltan
  
Kia ora
  
Good Morning
Attam bulte/bultan
  
Ne y yibeogo
  
Please
Maaloo
  
gafare
  
Sorry
naa dhiisi
  
gafare
  
Bye
Nagayattii!
  
Wend na kon-d nindaare
  
I Love You
Sin jaaladha
  
Kei te aroha au ki a koe
  
Excuse Me
Maaloo na dabarsi
  
Y gafare
  
Dialect 1
Borana
  
Ouapadoupou
  
Where They Speak
Ethiopia, Kenya
  
Burkina Faso
  
How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00
  
19
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Orma
  
Saremde
  
Where They Speak
Kenya
  
Burkina Faso
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Wata
  
Taolende
  
Where They Speak
Kenya
  
Burkina Faso
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million
  
40
7.60 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
24.00 million
  
33
7.60 million
  
99+
Native Name
Afaan Oromo
  
Mosse
  
Alternative Names
Afaan Oromoo
  
Not Available
  
French Name
galla
  
moré
  
German Name
Galla-Sprache
  
Mossi-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Oromos
  
Mossi
  
Origin
16
  
Not available
  
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Cushitic
  
Western Sudanic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Gur (Voltaic)
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Afaan Oromo
  
Mossi
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
om
  
No data Available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
orm
  
mos
  
ISO 639 2/B
orm
  
mos
  
ISO 639 3
orm
  
mos
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nucl1736
  
moss1236
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data Available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Oromo 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 Oromo and Mossi greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Oromo and Mossi language. Oromo word for "Hello" is akkam or Mossi word for "Thank You" is Laafi bala. Find more of such common Oromo Greetings and Mossi Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Oromo vs Mossi Difficulty
The Oromo vs Mossi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Oromo 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 Oromo and Mossi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Oromo and Mossi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Oromo is Not Available while to learn Mossi time required is 30 weeks.