Countries
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
Burkina Faso
National Language
Portugal
Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Ivory coast, Mali, Togo
Second Language
United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America
Asia
Minority Language
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
Not Available
Interesting Facts
- Portuguese language has absorbed many words from French, Italian, Arabic and also from indigenous South American and African languages.
- The first written document in Portuguese language was found in the 12th century.
- Mossi languages use pitch to distinguish meanings.
- Mossi is the 2nd largest ethnic group in Ivory Coast.
Similar To
Spanish and Galician Languages
Dagbani Language
Derived From
Latin
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
Thank You
obrigado
Laafi bala
How Are You?
Como você está?
Laafi beme ?
Good Night
boa noite
Ne y yungo
Good Evening
boa Noite
ne y zabre
Good Afternoon
boa Tarde
Kia ora
Good Morning
bom Dia
Ne y yibeogo
Bye
tchau
Wend na kon-d nindaare
I Love You
Eu te amo
Kei te aroha au ki a koe
Excuse Me
desculpe me
Y gafare
Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese
Ouapadoupou
Where They Speak
Brazil
Burkina Faso
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
European Portuguese
Saremde
Where They Speak
Portugal
Burkina Faso
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
Taolende
Where They Speak
Daman and Diu
Burkina Faso
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Português
Mosse
Alternative Names
Português
Not Available
French Name
portugais
moré
German Name
Portugiesisch
Mossi-Sprache
Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
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Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses
Mossi
Origin
3rd Century
Not available
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Romance
Western Sudanic
Branch
Not Available
Gur (Voltaic)
Early Forms
Medieval Galician
No early forms
Standard Forms
Portuguese
Mossi
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
pt
No data Available
ISO 639 6
Not Available
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Glottocode
port1283
moss1236
Linguasphere
51-AAA-a
No data Available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
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Portuguese 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 Portuguese and Mossi greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Portuguese and Mossi language. Portuguese word for "Hello" is Olá or Mossi word for "Thank You" is Laafi bala. Find more of such common Portuguese Greetings and Mossi Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Portuguese vs Mossi Difficulty
The Portuguese vs Mossi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Portuguese 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 Portuguese and Mossi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Portuguese and Mossi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Portuguese is 24 weeks while to learn Mossi time required is 30 weeks.