Mooré

E222528

Gur language language natural language

Mooré is a major Gur language spoken primarily by the Mossi people of Burkina Faso and neighboring West African countries.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Mooré canonical	8
Moré	1
Mossi	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Gur language ⓘ language ⓘ natural language ⓘ
alternativeName	Mossi language ⓘ Mòoré ⓘ
basicWordOrder	SVO ⓘ
belongsTo	Niger–Congo languages ⓘ surface form: Niger–Congo language family
closelyRelatedTo	Dagaaba ⓘ surface form: Dagaare Dagbani ⓘ Mampruli ⓘ
countryWithLargestNumberOfSpeakers	Burkina Faso ⓘ
dialectRegion	Kaya area ⓘ Ouagadougou ⓘ surface form: Ouagadougou area Yatenga area ⓘ
ethnologueEntryName	Mooré self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Mossi
glottocode	moss1236 ⓘ
hasApproximateNumberOfSpeakers	over 7 million ⓘ
hasBibleTranslation	yes ⓘ
hasDialects	yes ⓘ
hasISO639-1Code	none ⓘ
hasISO639-2Code	mos ⓘ
hasISO639-3Code	mos ⓘ
hasLiterature	yes ⓘ
hasNounClasses	yes ⓘ
hasStandardizedOrthography	yes ⓘ
hasSVOOrder	true ⓘ
hasTonalPhonology	true ⓘ
isTonalLanguage	yes ⓘ
languageFamily	Gur languages ⓘ
majorityLanguageOf	central Burkina Faso ⓘ
region	West Africa ⓘ
regulatedBy	government of Burkina Faso ⓘ surface form: Burkinabè national language bodies
spokenBy	Mossi people ⓘ
spokenIn	Burkina Faso ⓘ Côte d'Ivoire ⓘ surface form: Côte d’Ivoire Ghana ⓘ Mali ⓘ Burkina Faso ⓘ surface form: Togo
statusInBurkinaFaso	major national language ⓘ
subfamily	Gur languages ⓘ surface form: Northern Gur languages
usedAs	lingua franca in parts of Burkina Faso ⓘ
usedFor	daily communication among Mossi people ⓘ
usedIn	education (non-formal and some primary contexts) ⓘ popular music in Burkina Faso ⓘ radio broadcasting in Burkina Faso ⓘ religious practice and preaching ⓘ
writingSystem	Latin alphabet ⓘ surface form: Latin script

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Burkina Faso → nationalLanguage → Mooré ⓘ

Ouagadougou → localLanguage → Mooré ⓘ

Tenkodogo, Burkina Faso → commonLanguages → Mooré ⓘ

subject surface form: Tenkodogo

Mooré → ethnologueEntryName → Mooré self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mossi

Centre Region → hasMajorLanguage → Mooré ⓘ

Ouahigouya → commonLanguage → Mooré ⓘ

Voltaic languages → hasMemberLanguage → Mooré ⓘ

Mossi language → alternativeName → Mooré ⓘ

this entity surface form: Moré

Jula → hasNeighboringContactLanguage → Mooré ⓘ