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Mossi vs Swedish


Swedish vs Mossi


Countries

Countries
Burkina Faso  
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
4  
11

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

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Finland  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Antartica, Europe  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America  

Regulated By
-  
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council  

Interesting Facts
  • Mossi languages use pitch to distinguish meanings.
  • Mossi is the 2nd largest ethnic group in Ivory Coast.
  
  • In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
  • Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  

Similar To
Dagbani Language  
Norwegian and Danish Language  

Derived From
-  
Old Norse Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Mossi-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
26  
8
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
9  
6

How Many Consonants
16  
6
18  
8

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
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
Kia ora  
hej  

Thank You
Laafi bala  
tacka dig  

How Are You?
Laafi beme ?  
hur mår du  

Good Night
Ne y yungo  
godnatt  

Good Evening
ne y zabre  
god kväll  

Good Afternoon
Kia ora  
god eftermiddag  

Good Morning
Ne y yibeogo  
god morgon  

Please
gafare  
vänligen  

Sorry
gafare  
ledsen  

Bye
Wend na kon-d nindaare  
hej då  

I Love You
Kei te aroha au ki a koe  
jag älskar dig  

Excuse Me
Y gafare  
ursäkta mig  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Ouapadoupou  
Dialects  

Where They Speak
Burkina Faso  
Gabon  

How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00  
99+
78,000,000.00  
9

Dialect 2
Saremde  
Dialects  

Where They Speak
Burkina Faso  
Georgia  

How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00  
99+
78,000,000.00  
7

Dialect 3
Taolende  
Dialects  

Where They Speak
Burkina Faso  
France  

How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00  
33
96,000,000.00  
5

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
79  
33

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.11 %  
99+
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
7.60 million  
99+
8.70 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million  
99+
5.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Mosse  
Svenska  

Alternative Names
Mossi, Mòoré, Mooré, More, Moshi, Mole, Mosi, Mòoré, Moré, More, Moshi, Mole, Mosi  
Ruotsi, Svenska  

French Name
moré  
suédois  

German Name
Mossi-Sprache  
Schwedisch  

Pronunciation
[mɔ̀ːsì]  
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]  

Ethnicity
Mossi  
Swedes, Finland Swedes  

History

Origin
11th Century AD  
13th Century  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Western Sudanic  
Germanic  

Branch
Gur (Voltaic)  
Northern (Scandinavian)  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Swedish  

Standard Forms
Mossi  
Standard Swedish  

Language Position
37  
34
89  
99+

Signed Forms
Mossi Sign Language  
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data Available  
sv  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mos  
swe  

ISO 639 2/B
mos  
swe  

ISO 639 3
mos  
swe  

ISO 639 6
mos  
swe  

Glottocode
moss1236  
swed1254  

Linguasphere
No data Available  
52-AAA-ck to -cw  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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Mossi and Swedish Language History

Comparison of Mossi vs Swedish language history gives us differences between origin of Mossi and Swedish language. History of Mossi language states that this language originated in 11th Century AD whereas history of Swedish language states that this language originated in 13th 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 Swedish Language History.

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

Mossi vs Swedish Difficulty

The Mossi vs Swedish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Mossi Alphabets and Swedish 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 Swedish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Mossi and Swedish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Mossi is 30 weeks while to learn Swedish time required is 24 weeks.

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