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German vs Mossi


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
7  
8

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

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Europe  

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

Regulated By
-  
Council for German Orthography  

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

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

Derived From
-  
Albanian Languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
10  
7

How Many Consonants
16  
6
9  
1

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
10
30 weeks  
10

Greetings

Hello
Kia ora  
hallo  

Thank You
Laafi bala  
Danke  

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

Good Night
Ne y yungo  
gute Nacht  

Good Evening
ne y zabre  
guten Abend  

Good Afternoon
Kia ora  
guten Tag  

Good Morning
Ne y yibeogo  
guten Morgen  

Please
gafare  
bitte  

Sorry
gafare  
Verzeihung  

Bye
Wend na kon-d nindaare  
Tschüs  

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

Excuse Me
Y gafare  
Entschuldigung  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Ouapadoupou  
Swiss German  

Where They Speak
Burkina Faso  
Switzerland  

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

Dialect 2
Saremde  
Swabian German  

Where They Speak
Burkina Faso  
Germany  

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

Dialect 3
Taolende  
Texas German  

Where They Speak
Burkina Faso  
Texas  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
28  
23

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.11 %  
99+
1.39 %  
13

Native Speakers
7.60 million  
99+
101.00 million  
10

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million  
99+
128.00 million  
5

Native Name
Mosse  
Deutsch  

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

French Name
moré  
allemand  

German Name
Mossi-Sprache  
Deutsch  

Pronunciation
[mɔ̀ːsì]  
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]  

Ethnicity
Mossi  
Germans  

History

Origin
11th Century AD  
6th Century AD  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Western Sudanic  
Germanic  

Branch
Gur (Voltaic)  
Western  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

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

Language Position
37  
34
9  
9

Signed Forms
Mossi Sign Language  
Signed German  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data Available  
de  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mos  
deu  

ISO 639 2/B
mos  
ger  

ISO 639 3
mos  
deu  

ISO 639 6
mos  
deus  

Glottocode
moss1236  
high1287, uppe1397  

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

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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Mossi and German Language History

Comparison of Mossi vs German language history gives us differences between origin of Mossi and German language. History of Mossi language states that this language originated in 11th Century AD whereas history of German language states that this language originated in 6th 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 Mossi and German Language History.

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

Mossi vs German Difficulty

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

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