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Mossi vs German


Countries

Countries
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland  
Burkina Faso  

Total No. Of Countries
7  
8
1  
14

National Language
Germany  
Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Ivory coast, Mali, Togo  

Second Language
North Dakota, United States of America  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Council for German Orthography  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
  • The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
  
  • Mossi languages use pitch to distinguish meanings.
  • Mossi is the 2nd largest ethnic group in Ivory Coast.
  

Similar To
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages  
Dagbani Language  

Derived From
Albanian Languages  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
8  
5

How Many Consonants
9  
1
16  
6

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
10
30 weeks  
10

Greetings

Hello
hallo  
Kia ora  

Thank You
Danke  
Laafi bala  

How Are You?
Wie geht es dir?  
Laafi beme ?  

Good Night
gute Nacht  
Ne y yungo  

Good Evening
guten Abend  
ne y zabre  

Good Afternoon
guten Tag  
Kia ora  

Good Morning
guten Morgen  
Ne y yibeogo  

Please
bitte  
gafare  

Sorry
Verzeihung  
gafare  

Bye
Tschüs  
Wend na kon-d nindaare  

I Love You
Ich liebe dich  
Kei te aroha au ki a koe  

Excuse Me
Entschuldigung  
Y gafare  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Swiss German  
Ouapadoupou  

Where They Speak
Switzerland  
Burkina Faso  

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00  
99+
7,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Swabian German  
Saremde  

Where They Speak
Germany  
Burkina Faso  

How Many People Speak
820,000.00  
99+
7,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Texas German  
Taolende  

Where They Speak
Texas  
Burkina Faso  

How Many People Speak
6,000.00  
99+
7,000,000.00  
33

Total No. Of Dialects
28  
23
8  
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
229.00 million  
8
7.60 million  
99+

Speaking Population
1.39 %  
13
0.11 %  
99+

Native Speakers
101.00 million  
10
7.60 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
128.00 million  
5
5.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Deutsch  
Mosse  

Alternative Names
Deutsch, Tedesco  
Mossi, Mòoré, Mooré, More, Moshi, Mole, Mosi, Mòoré, Moré, More, Moshi, Mole, Mosi  

French Name
allemand  
moré  

German Name
Deutsch  
Mossi-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]  
[mɔ̀ːsì]  

Ethnicity
Germans  
Mossi  

History

Origin
6th Century AD  
11th Century AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
Western Sudanic  

Branch
Western  
Gur (Voltaic)  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German  
Mossi  

Language Position
9  
9
37  
34

Signed Forms
Signed German  
Mossi Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
de  
No data Available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
deu  
mos  

ISO 639 2/B
ger  
mos  

ISO 639 3
deu  
mos  

ISO 639 6
deus  
mos  

Glottocode
high1287, uppe1397  
moss1236  

Linguasphere
52-ACB–dl & -dm  
No data Available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
-  

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German and Mossi Language History

Comparison of German vs Mossi language history gives us differences between origin of German and Mossi language. History of German language states that this language originated in 6th Century AD 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 German and Mossi Language History.

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German 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 German and Mossi greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in German and Mossi language. German word for "Hello" is hallo or Mossi word for "Thank You" is Laafi bala. Find more of such common German Greetings and Mossi Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

German vs Mossi Difficulty

The German vs Mossi difficulty level basically depends on the number of German 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 German and Mossi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in German and Mossi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn German is 30 weeks while to learn Mossi time required is 30 weeks.

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