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Arabic vs Mossi


Mossi vs Arabic


Countries

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  

Total No. Of Countries
23  
4
1  
14

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  
-  

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  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Arabic.jpg#200  
Mossi-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
28  
10
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
8  
5

How Many Consonants
28  
18
16  
6

Scripts
Arabic  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
19
30 weeks  
10

Greetings

Hello
مرحبا  
Kia ora  

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  

Please
من فضلك  
gafare  

Sorry
آسف  
gafare  

Bye
وداعا  
Wend na kon-d nindaare  

I Love You
أحبك  
Kei te aroha au ki a koe  

Excuse Me
اعذرني  
Y gafare  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Maghrebi  
Ouapadoupou  

Where They Speak
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia  
Burkina Faso  

How Many People Speak
310,000,000.00  
2
7,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Sudanese  
Saremde  

Where They Speak
Sudan  
Burkina Faso  

How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00  
29
7,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Levantine  
Taolende  

Where They Speak
Cyprus, Levant  
Burkina Faso  

How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00  
23
7,000,000.00  
33

Total No. Of Dialects
26  
22
8  
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
452.00 million  
4
7.60 million  
99+

Speaking Population
4.43 %  
6
0.11 %  
99+

Native Speakers
206.00 million  
6
7.60 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
246.00 million  
2
5.00 million  
99+

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  

French Name
arabe  
moré  

German Name
Arabisch  
Mossi-Sprache  

Pronunciation
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/  
[mɔ̀ːsì]  

Ethnicity
Arabs  
Mossi  

History

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)  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Modern Standard Arabic  
Mossi  

Language Position
25  
23
37  
34

Signed Forms
Signed Arabic  
Mossi Sign Language  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ar  
No data Available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ara  
mos  

ISO 639 2/B
ara  
mos  

ISO 639 3
ara  
mos  

ISO 639 6
ara  
mos  

Glottocode
arab1395  
moss1236  

Linguasphere
12-AAC  
No data Available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
-  

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Arabic and Mossi Language History

Comparison of Arabic vs Mossi language history gives us differences between origin of Arabic and Mossi language. History of Arabic language states that this language originated in 512 CE whereas history of Mossi language states that this language originated in 11th Century AD. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Arabic and Mossi Language History.

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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.

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