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Mossi vs Konkani


Konkani vs Mossi


Countries

Countries
Burkina Faso  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

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

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

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

Regulated By
-  
Govenment of Goa  

Interesting Facts
  • Mossi languages use pitch to distinguish meanings.
  • Mossi is the 2nd largest ethnic group in Ivory Coast.
  
  • Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
  • Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.
  

Similar To
Dagbani Language  
Marathi  

Derived From
-  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
52  
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
16  
13

How Many Consonants
16  
6
36  
26

Scripts
Latin  
Devanagari  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
10
4 weeks  
2

Greetings

Hello
Kia ora  
Namaskar  

Thank You
Laafi bala  
Dev Borem Korum  

How Are You?
Laafi beme ?  
kaso assa?  

Good Night
Ne y yungo  
Rati Boren Zavonn  

Good Evening
ne y zabre  
Sanj Borem Zavonn  

Good Afternoon
Kia ora  
संध्याकाळ शुभेच्छा  

Good Morning
Ne y yibeogo  
Dis Borem Zavonn  

Please
gafare  
Chike  

Sorry
gafare  
Maf kor  

Bye
Wend na kon-d nindaare  
Adeus  

I Love You
Kei te aroha au ki a koe  
hav tujo mog korta.  

Excuse Me
Y gafare  
upkar korxi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Ouapadoupou  
Antruz  

Where They Speak
Burkina Faso  
Goa  

How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00  
99+
2,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Saremde  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Burkina Faso  
-  

How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00  
99+
2,700,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Taolende  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Burkina Faso  
-  

How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00  
33
7.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
1  
1

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.11 %  
99+
0.11 %  
99+

Native Speakers
7.60 million  
99+
7.40 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million  
99+
8.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Mosse  
Kōṅkaṇī  

Alternative Names
Mossi, Mòoré, Mooré, More, Moshi, Mole, Mosi, Mòoré, Moré, More, Moshi, Mole, Mosi  
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese  

French Name
moré  
konkani  

German Name
Mossi-Sprache  
Konkani  

Pronunciation
[mɔ̀ːsì]  
kõkɳi  

Ethnicity
Mossi  
Konkanis  

History

Origin
11th Century AD  
1209 A.D.  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Western Sudanic  
-  

Branch
Gur (Voltaic)  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Mossi  
Kokani  

Language Position
37  
34
23  
21

Signed Forms
Mossi Sign Language  
Indian Signing System (ISS)  

Scope
Individual  
Individual, Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data Available  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mos  
kok  

ISO 639 2/B
mos  
kok  

ISO 639 3
mos  
kok  

ISO 639 6
mos  
kok  

Glottocode
moss1236  
goan1235  

Linguasphere
No data Available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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Mossi and Konkani Language History

Comparison of Mossi vs Konkani language history gives us differences between origin of Mossi and Konkani language. History of Mossi language states that this language originated in 11th Century AD whereas history of Konkani language states that this language originated in 1209 A.D.. 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 Konkani Language History.

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

Mossi vs Konkani Difficulty

The Mossi vs Konkani difficulty level basically depends on the number of Mossi Alphabets and Konkani 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 Konkani are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Mossi and Konkani, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Mossi is 30 weeks while to learn Konkani time required is 4 weeks.

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