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Khmer vs Mossi


Mossi vs Khmer


Countries

Countries
Cambodia  
Burkina Faso  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam  
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
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Australia, France, United States of America  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
-  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Khmer is not the tonal language.
  • Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
  
  • Mossi languages use pitch to distinguish meanings.
  • Mossi is the 2nd largest ethnic group in Ivory Coast.
  

Similar To
Lao Language  
Dagbani Language  

Derived From
Pali and Sanskrit Languages  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53  
32
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
20  
17
8  
5

How Many Consonants
33  
23
16  
6

Scripts
Khmer  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
30 weeks  
10

Greetings

Hello
ជំរាបសួរ (jomreab suor)  
Kia ora  

Thank You
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)  
Laafi bala  

How Are You?
អ្នក​សុខសប្បាយ​ទេ  
Laafi beme ?  

Good Night
រាត្រីលា  
Ne y yungo  

Good Evening
ល្ងង់អរិយដ្ឋរ  
ne y zabre  

Good Afternoon
លើកលែងរសៀល  
Kia ora  

Good Morning
អរុណ​ប្រចាំឡើង  
Ne y yibeogo  

Please
សូម  
gafare  

Sorry
សូរី  
gafare  

Bye
លាស់ជាស្រី (leah sah srey)  
Wend na kon-d nindaare  

I Love You
បងបានស្រលាញ់អូន  
Kei te aroha au ki a koe  

Excuse Me
សូមទាញយក  
Y gafare  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Khmer  
Ouapadoupou  

Where They Speak
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America  
Burkina Faso  

How Many People Speak
1,400,000.00  
99+
7,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Khmer Krom  
Saremde  

Where They Speak
Vietnam  
Burkina Faso  

How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00  
99+
7,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Western Khmer  
Taolende  

Where They Speak
Cambodia, Thailand  
Burkina Faso  

How Many People Speak
16,000,000.00  
27
7,000,000.00  
33

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
8  
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
16.00 million  
99+
7.60 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.24 %  
99+
0.11 %  
99+

Native Speakers
13.00 million  
99+
7.60 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
16.00 million  
33
5.00 million  
99+

Native Name
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)  
Mosse  

Alternative Names
Cambodian, Khmer  
Mossi, Mòoré, Mooré, More, Moshi, Mole, Mosi, Mòoré, Moré, More, Moshi, Mole, Mosi  

French Name
khmer central  
moré  

German Name
Kambodschanisch  
Mossi-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]  
[mɔ̀ːsì]  

Ethnicity
Khmer, Northern Khmer  
Mossi  

History

Origin
14  
11th Century AD  

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
-  
Western Sudanic  

Branch
-  
Gur (Voltaic)  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Khmer  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Modern Khmer  
Mossi  

Language Position
1  
1
37  
34

Signed Forms
Khmer Sign Language  
Mossi Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
km  
No data Available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
khm  
mos  

ISO 639 2/B
khm  
mos  

ISO 639 3
khm  
mos  

ISO 639 6
khm  
mos  

Glottocode
khme1253  
moss1236  

Linguasphere
48-ACB  
No data Available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
-  

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Khmer and Mossi Language History

Comparison of Khmer vs Mossi language history gives us differences between origin of Khmer and Mossi language. History of Khmer language states that this language originated in 14 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 Khmer and Mossi Language History.

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

Khmer vs Mossi Difficulty

The Khmer vs Mossi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Khmer 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 Khmer and Mossi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Khmer and Mossi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Khmer is 44 weeks while to learn Mossi time required is 30 weeks.

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