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Mossi vs Spanish


Countries

Countries
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara  
Burkina Faso  

Total No. Of Countries
46  
1
1  
14

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

Second Language
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America  
Asia  

Minority Language
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
  • Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
  
  • Mossi languages use pitch to distinguish meanings.
  • Mossi is the 2nd largest ethnic group in Ivory Coast.
  

Similar To
French Language  
Dagbani Language  

Derived From
Latin  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27  
9
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
8  
5

How Many Consonants
22  
12
16  
6

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
30 weeks  
10

Greetings

Hello
hola  
Kia ora  

Thank You
Gracias  
Laafi bala  

How Are You?
Cómo estás?  
Laafi beme ?  

Good Night
Buenas Noches  
Ne y yungo  

Good Evening
Bonne soirée  
ne y zabre  

Good Afternoon
Buenas Tardes  
Kia ora  

Good Morning
Buenos Días  
Ne y yibeogo  

Please
Por Favor  
gafare  

Sorry
triste  
gafare  

Bye
adiós  
Wend na kon-d nindaare  

I Love You
Te Quiero  
Kei te aroha au ki a koe  

Excuse Me
Discúlpeme  
Y gafare  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mexican Spanish  
Ouapadoupou  

Where They Speak
Mexico  
Burkina Faso  

How Many People Speak
105,000,000.00  
6
7,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Cuban Spanish  
Saremde  

Where They Speak
Cuba  
Burkina Faso  

How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00  
35
7,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Puerto Rican Spanish  
Taolende  

Where They Speak
Puerto Rico  
Burkina Faso  

How Many People Speak
3,900,000.00  
99+
7,000,000.00  
33

Total No. Of Dialects
21  
19
8  
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
489.00 million  
3
7.60 million  
99+

Speaking Population
6.15 %  
3
0.11 %  
99+

Native Speakers
410.00 million  
2
7.60 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
89.50 million  
9
5.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Español  
Mosse  

Alternative Names
Castellano, Castilian, Español  
Mossi, Mòoré, Mooré, More, Moshi, Mole, Mosi, Mòoré, Moré, More, Moshi, Mole, Mosi  

French Name
espagnol; castillan  
moré  

German Name
Spanisch  
Mossi-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]  
[mɔ̀ːsì]  

Ethnicity
Spanish people  
Mossi  

History

Origin
210 BC  
11th Century AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Romance  
Western Sudanic  

Branch
-  
Gur (Voltaic)  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Spanish and Spanish  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Spanish  
Mossi  

Language Position
2  
2
37  
34

Signed Forms
Signed Spanish  
Mossi Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
es  
No data Available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
spa  
mos  

ISO 639 2/B
spa  
mos  

ISO 639 3
spa  
mos  

ISO 639 6
spa  
mos  

Glottocode
stan1288  
moss1236  

Linguasphere
51-AAA-b  
No data Available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
-  

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Spanish and Mossi Language History

Comparison of Spanish vs Mossi language history gives us differences between origin of Spanish and Mossi language. History of Spanish language states that this language originated in 210 BC whereas history of Mossi language states that this language originated in 11th 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 Spanish and Mossi Language History.

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

Spanish vs Mossi Difficulty

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

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