Mòoré
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Mòoré is a major Gur language spoken primarily by the Mossi people in Burkina Faso and surrounding West African countries.
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Gur language
ⓘ
language ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Mooré
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mossi language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Dagbani
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Frafra (Gurenɛ) NERFINISHED ⓘ Mampruli NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryStatus | major national language of Burkina Faso ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Mossi people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| glottocode | moor1254 ⓘ |
| hasBibleTranslation | Bible translated into Mòoré ⓘ |
| hasDiacritics | uses diacritics such as the grave accent ⓘ |
| hasDialect |
Kaya dialect
ⓘ
Ouagadougou dialect ⓘ Tenkodogo dialect ⓘ Yatenga dialect ⓘ Zondoma dialect NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLiterature |
modern written literature in Latin script
ⓘ
oral literature tradition ⓘ |
| hasMorphologyFeature | noun class system ⓘ |
| hasPhonologyFeature |
contrastive tone
ⓘ
nasal vowels ⓘ vowel length distinctions ⓘ |
| hasStandardVariety | Ouagadougou variety ⓘ |
| ISO639-1Code | none ⓘ |
| ISO639-2Code | mos NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ISO639-3Code | mos ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Gur languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| linguisticTypology |
SVO word order
ⓘ
tonal language ⓘ |
| numberOfSpeakers |
one of the most widely spoken languages in Burkina Faso
ⓘ
over 7 million ⓘ |
| primaryRegion |
Plateau-Central Region of Burkina Faso
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
central Burkina Faso ⓘ |
| regionOfOrigin | Mossi Kingdoms region ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Benin
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Burkina Faso NERFINISHED ⓘ Côte d’Ivoire NERFINISHED ⓘ Ghana NERFINISHED ⓘ Mali NERFINISHED ⓘ Togo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subbranch | Western Oti–Volta languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subfamily |
Northern Gur languages
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Oti–Volta languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedAs | lingua franca in parts of Burkina Faso ⓘ |
| usedFor |
daily communication among Mossi people
ⓘ
local administration in Burkina Faso ⓘ radio broadcasting in Burkina Faso ⓘ religious activities ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
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