Countries
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
Burkina Faso
National Language
Russia
Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Ivory coast, Mali, Togo
Second Language
Afganistan
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences
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Interesting Facts
- In Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
- In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
- Mossi languages use pitch to distinguish meanings.
- Mossi is the 2nd largest ethnic group in Ivory Coast.
Similar To
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages
Dagbani Language
Derived From
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary
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Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hello
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)
Kia ora
Thank You
спасибо(spasibo)
Laafi bala
How Are You?
Как дела? (Kak dela?)
Laafi beme ?
Good Night
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)
Ne y yungo
Good Evening
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)
ne y zabre
Good Afternoon
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')
Kia ora
Good Morning
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)
Ne y yibeogo
Please
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)
gafare
Sorry
Извините(Izvinite)
gafare
Bye
до свидания(do svidaniya)
Wend na kon-d nindaare
I Love You
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)
Kei te aroha au ki a koe
Excuse Me
извините(izvinite)
Y gafare
Dialect 1
Doukhobor Russian
Ouapadoupou
Where They Speak
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan
Burkina Faso
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Olonets
Saremde
Where They Speak
Olonets
Burkina Faso
Dialect 3
Novgorod
Taolende
Where They Speak
Novgorod
Burkina Faso
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Русский
Mosse
Alternative Names
Russki
Not Available
German Name
Russisch
Mossi-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]
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Origin
1000 AD
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Language Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Slavic
Western Sudanic
Branch
Eastern
Gur (Voltaic)
Early Forms
Old East Slavic
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Russian
Mossi
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed Russian
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ru
No data Available
ISO 639 6
Not Available
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Glottocode
russ1263
moss1236
Linguasphere
53-AAA-ea
No data Available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
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Russian and Mossi 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 Russian and Mossi greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Russian and Mossi language. Russian word for "Hello" is здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte) or Mossi word for "Thank You" is Laafi bala. Find more of such common Russian Greetings and Mossi Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Russian vs Mossi Difficulty
The Russian vs Mossi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Russian Alphabets and Mossi 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 Russian and Mossi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Russian and Mossi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Russian is 44 weeks while to learn Mossi time required is 30 weeks.