Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
Burkina Faso
National Language
North Korea, South Korea
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
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
The National Institute of the Korean Language
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Interesting Facts
- Korean has borrowed words from English and Chinese.
- Korean has two counting systems. First, is based on Chinese characters and numbers are similar to Chinese numbers, and second counting system is from words unique to Korea.
- Mossi languages use pitch to distinguish meanings.
- Mossi is the 2nd largest ethnic group in Ivory Coast.
Similar To
Chinese and Japanese languages
Dagbani Language
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
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Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
Kia ora
Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
Laafi bala
How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
Laafi beme ?
Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
Ne y yungo
Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
ne y zabre
Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
Kia ora
Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
Ne y yibeogo
Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)
gafare
Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
gafare
Bye
안녕 (annyeong)
Wend na kon-d nindaare
I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
Kei te aroha au ki a koe
Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
Y gafare
Dialect 1
Jeju
Ouapadoupou
Where They Speak
South Korea
Burkina Faso
Dialect 2
Gyeongsang
Saremde
Where They Speak
South Korea
Burkina Faso
Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng
Taolende
Where They Speak
China, North Korea
Burkina Faso
Native Name
한국어 (조선말)
Mosse
Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
Mossi, Mòoré, Mooré, More, Moshi, Mole, Mosi, Mòoré, Moré, More, Moshi, Mole, Mosi
German Name
Koreanisch
Mossi-Sprache
Pronunciation
[hangukmal]
[mɔ̀ːsì]
Origin
Before 1st century
11th Century AD
Language Family
Koreanic Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
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Western Sudanic
Early Forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
No early forms
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
Mossi
Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language
Mossi Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ko
No data Available
Glottocode
kore1280
moss1236
Linguasphere
45-AAA
No data Available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
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Korean 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 Korean and Mossi greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Korean and Mossi language. Korean word for "Hello" is 안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.) or Mossi word for "Thank You" is Laafi bala. Find more of such common Korean Greetings and Mossi Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Korean vs Mossi Difficulty
The Korean vs Mossi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Korean 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 Korean and Mossi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Korean and Mossi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Korean is 88 weeks while to learn Mossi time required is 30 weeks.