Countries
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
Burkina Faso
National Language
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
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
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council
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Interesting Facts
- Arabic is 5th common language in world.
- Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
- Mossi languages use pitch to distinguish meanings.
- Mossi is the 2nd largest ethnic group in Ivory Coast.
Similar To
Amharic and Hebrew
Dagbani Language
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
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Thank You
شكرا
Laafi bala
How Are You?
كيف حالك؟
Laafi beme ?
Good Night
تصبح على خير
Ne y yungo
Good Evening
مساء الخير
ne y zabre
Good Afternoon
مساء الخير
Kia ora
Good Morning
صباح الخير
Ne y yibeogo
Bye
وداعا
Wend na kon-d nindaare
I Love You
أحبك
Kei te aroha au ki a koe
Excuse Me
اعذرني
Y gafare
Dialect 1
Maghrebi
Ouapadoupou
Where They Speak
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia
Burkina Faso
Dialect 2
Sudanese
Saremde
Where They Speak
Sudan
Burkina Faso
Dialect 3
Levantine
Taolende
Where They Speak
Cyprus, Levant
Burkina Faso
Native Name
(al arabiya) العربية
Mosse
Alternative Names
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic
Mossi, Mòoré, Mooré, More, Moshi, Mole, Mosi, Mòoré, Moré, More, Moshi, Mole, Mosi
German Name
Arabisch
Mossi-Sprache
Pronunciation
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/
[mɔ̀ːsì]
Origin
512 CE
11th Century AD
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Semitic
Western Sudanic
Branch
North Arabic
Gur (Voltaic)
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Standard Arabic
Mossi
Signed Forms
Signed Arabic
Mossi Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
ar
No data Available
Glottocode
arab1395
moss1236
Linguasphere
12-AAC
No data Available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
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Arabic 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 Arabic and Mossi greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Arabic and Mossi language. Arabic word for "Hello" is مرحبا or Mossi word for "Thank You" is Laafi bala. Find more of such common Arabic Greetings and Mossi Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Arabic vs Mossi Difficulty
The Arabic vs Mossi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Arabic 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 Arabic and Mossi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Arabic and Mossi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Arabic is 88 weeks while to learn Mossi time required is 30 weeks.