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Mossi vs Bulgarian


Bulgarian vs Mossi


Countries

Countries
Burkina Faso  
Bulgaria, European Union  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

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

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa, Europe  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine  

Regulated By
-  
Institute for the Bulgarian language  

Interesting Facts
  • Mossi languages use pitch to distinguish meanings.
  • Mossi is the 2nd largest ethnic group in Ivory Coast.
  
  • The only Slavic language which has lost all its grammatical cases is Bulgarian.
  • The first Slavic language to be written was Bulgarian in 9th century.
  

Similar To
Dagbani Language  
Macedonian language  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
6  
3

How Many Consonants
16  
6
36  
26

Scripts
Latin  
Cyrillic  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
10
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Kia ora  
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)  

Thank You
Laafi bala  
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)  

How Are You?
Laafi beme ?  
Как си? (Kak si?)  

Good Night
Ne y yungo  
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)  

Good Evening
ne y zabre  
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)  

Good Afternoon
Kia ora  
Добър ден (Dobãr den)  

Good Morning
Ne y yibeogo  
Добро утро (Dobro utro)  

Please
gafare  
Моля (Molja)  

Sorry
gafare  
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)  

Bye
Wend na kon-d nindaare  
Довиждане (Doviždane)  

I Love You
Kei te aroha au ki a koe  
Обичам те (Običam te)  

Excuse Me
Y gafare  
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Ouapadoupou  
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo  

Where They Speak
Burkina Faso  
Bulgaria  

How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00  
99+
9,200,000.00  
38

Dialect 2
Saremde  
Panagyurishte  

Where They Speak
Burkina Faso  
Bulgaria  

How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00  
99+
9,000,000.00  
38

Dialect 3
Taolende  
Pirdop  

Where They Speak
Burkina Faso  
Bulgaria  

How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00  
33
9,000,000.00  
30

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
58  
32

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.11 %  
99+
0.21 %  
99+

Native Speakers
7.60 million  
99+
7.80 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million  
99+
9.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Mosse  
български (bãlgarski)  

Alternative Names
Mossi, Mòoré, Mooré, More, Moshi, Mole, Mosi, Mòoré, Moré, More, Moshi, Mole, Mosi  
Balgarski  

French Name
moré  
bulgare  

German Name
Mossi-Sprache  
Bulgarisch  

Pronunciation
[mɔ̀ːsì]  
[ˈbɤɫɡɐrski]  

Ethnicity
Mossi  
Bulgarian people  

History

Origin
11th Century AD  
9th Century  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Western Sudanic  
Slavic  

Branch
Gur (Voltaic)  
Southern  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian  

Standard Forms
Mossi  
Standard Bulgarian  

Language Position
37  
34
88  
99+

Signed Forms
Mossi Sign Language  
Bulgarian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data Available  
bg  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mos  
bul  

ISO 639 2/B
mos  
bul  

ISO 639 3
mos  
bul  

ISO 639 6
mos  
buls  

Glottocode
moss1236  
bulg1262  

Linguasphere
No data Available  
53-AAA-hb  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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Mossi and Bulgarian Language History

Comparison of Mossi vs Bulgarian language history gives us differences between origin of Mossi and Bulgarian language. History of Mossi language states that this language originated in 11th Century AD whereas history of Bulgarian language states that this language originated in 9th Century. 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 Mossi and Bulgarian Language History.

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Mossi and Bulgarian 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 Mossi and Bulgarian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Mossi and Bulgarian language. Mossi word for "Hello" is Kia ora or Bulgarian word for "Thank You" is Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti). Find more of such common Mossi Greetings and Bulgarian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Mossi vs Bulgarian Difficulty

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

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