Countries
South Africa
  
Burkina Faso
  
National Language
South Africa
  
Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Ivory coast, Mali, Togo
  
Second Language
Lesotho, South Africa
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- Xhosa has 15 click sounds, borrowed from the khoi-khoi and san languages of the South Africa.
- The same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meaning when said with different tones, so Xhosa is tonal.
  
- Mossi languages use pitch to distinguish meanings.
- Mossi is the 2nd largest ethnic group in Ivory Coast.
  
Similar To
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
  
Dagbani Language
  
Derived From
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Mossi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Molo
  
Kia ora
  
Thank You
Ndiyabulela
  
Laafi bala
  
How Are You?
Unjani
  
Laafi beme ?
  
Good Night
Ulale kakuhle
  
Ne y yungo
  
Good Evening
Ubusuku obuhle
  
ne y zabre
  
Good Afternoon
Uben' emva kwemini entle
  
Kia ora
  
Good Morning
Molo
  
Ne y yibeogo
  
Please
Ndicela
  
gafare
  
Sorry
Ndicela uxolo
  
gafare
  
Bye
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
  
Wend na kon-d nindaare
  
I Love You
Ndiyakuthanda
  
Kei te aroha au ki a koe
  
Excuse Me
Uxolo
  
Y gafare
  
Dialect 1
Gcaleka
  
Ouapadoupou
  
Where They Speak
South Africa
  
Burkina Faso
  
Dialect 2
Thembu
  
Saremde
  
Where They Speak
South Africa
  
Burkina Faso
  
Dialect 3
Hlubi
  
Taolende
  
Where They Speak
South Africa
  
Burkina Faso
  
How Many People Speak?
20.00 million
  
99+
7.60 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
8.20 million
  
99+
7.60 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
11.00 million
  
21
Not Available
  
Native Name
isiXhosa
  
Mosse
  
Alternative Names
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
  
Not Available
  
French Name
xhosa
  
moré
  
German Name
Xhosa-Sprache
  
Mossi-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
  
Mossi
  
Origin
16th Century
  
Not available
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
  
Western Sudanic
  
Branch
Bantu
  
Gur (Voltaic)
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
isiXhosa
  
Mossi
  
Signed Forms
Signed Xhosa
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
xh
  
No data Available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
xho
  
mos
  
ISO 639 2/B
xho
  
mos
  
ISO 639 3
xho
  
mos
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
xhos1239
  
moss1236
  
Linguasphere
99-AUT-fa
  
No data Available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Xhosa 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 Xhosa and Mossi greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Xhosa and Mossi language. Xhosa word for "Hello" is Molo or Mossi word for "Thank You" is Laafi bala. Find more of such common Xhosa Greetings and Mossi Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Xhosa vs Mossi Difficulty
The Xhosa vs Mossi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Xhosa 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 Xhosa and Mossi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Xhosa and Mossi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Xhosa is 44 weeks while to learn Mossi time required is 30 weeks.