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Mossi vs Maithili


Maithili vs Mossi


Countries

Countries
Burkina Faso  
India, Nepal  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

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

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Nepal  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

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

Regulated By
-  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Mossi languages use pitch to distinguish meanings.
  • Mossi is the 2nd largest ethnic group in Ivory Coast.
  
  • Earlier, Maithili language was considered as the dialect of Hindi and Bengali, however in the year 2003 Maithili achieved an independent language status in India.
  • Maithili has rich literature.
  

Similar To
Dagbani Language  
Bhojpuri Language  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
47  
27

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
8  
5

How Many Consonants
16  
6
22  
12

Scripts
Latin  
Devanagari  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
10
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Kia ora  
pranam  

Thank You
Laafi bala  
dhanyabad  

How Are You?
Laafi beme ?  
Aahan kehan chhi ?  

Good Night
Ne y yungo  
Śubharātri  

Good Evening
ne y zabre  
shubh sandhya  

Good Afternoon
Kia ora  
dopahar ke bad namaskar  

Good Morning
Ne y yibeogo  
Suprabhaat  

Please
gafare  
kripaya  

Sorry
gafare  
maf karai  

Bye
Wend na kon-d nindaare  
Alavidā  

I Love You
Kei te aroha au ki a koe  
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi  

Excuse Me
Y gafare  
kripaya  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Ouapadoupou  
Tharuwat  

Where They Speak
Burkina Faso  
Nepal  

How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00  
99+
35,000,000.00  
21

Dialect 2
Saremde  
Madhubani  

Where They Speak
Burkina Faso  
North India  

How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00  
99+
35,000,000.00  
19

Dialect 3
Taolende  
Khortha  

Where They Speak
Burkina Faso  
Deoghar, France  

How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00  
33
35,000,000.00  
17

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
15  
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.60 million  
99+
32.00 million  
35

Speaking Population
0.11 %  
99+
0.41 %  
35

Native Speakers
7.60 million  
99+
27.00 million  
30

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million  
99+
2.80 million  
99+

Native Name
Mosse  
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)  

Alternative Names
Mossi, Mòoré, Mooré, More, Moshi, Mole, Mosi, Mòoré, Moré, More, Moshi, Mole, Mosi  
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia  

French Name
moré  
maithili  

German Name
Mossi-Sprache  
Maithili  

Pronunciation
[mɔ̀ːsì]  
[ˈmaitʰili]  

Ethnicity
Mossi  
Maithil  

History

Origin
11th Century AD  
14th century  

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  
Standard Maithili  

Language Position
37  
34
40  
37

Signed Forms
Mossi Sign Language  
Maithili Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data Available  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mos  
mai  

ISO 639 2/B
mos  
mai  

ISO 639 3
mos  
mai  

ISO 639 6
mos  
mai  

Glottocode
moss1236  
mait1250  

Linguasphere
No data Available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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Mossi and Maithili Language History

Comparison of Mossi vs Maithili language history gives us differences between origin of Mossi and Maithili language. History of Mossi language states that this language originated in 11th Century AD whereas history of Maithili language states that this language originated in 14th 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 Maithili Language History.

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

Mossi vs Maithili Difficulty

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

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