Moore
E916957
Moore is a major Gur language of Burkina Faso and surrounding regions, spoken primarily by the Mossi people.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Gur language
ⓘ
language ⓘ natural language ⓘ |
| belongsToCountryOfficialLanguageSet | Burkina Faso national languages ⓘ |
| countryWithSignificantSpeakers |
Burkina Faso
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Côte d’Ivoire NERFINISHED ⓘ Ghana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroupAssociated | Mossi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Mossi language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mòoré NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDialects |
Kaya dialect
ⓘ
Ouagadougou dialect ⓘ Yatenga dialect ⓘ |
| hasEthnologueEntry | Moore (mos) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasGlottocode | moor1254 ⓘ |
| hasISO639-1Code | none ⓘ |
| hasISO639-2Code | mos ⓘ |
| hasISO639-3Code | mos ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticInfluenceFrom |
French
ⓘ
Jula NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticInfluenceOn | urban speech in Ouagadougou ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive tone
ⓘ
noun class remnants ⓘ |
| hasSpeakerPopulationRankInBurkinaFaso | largest ⓘ |
| hasStandardVarietyCenter | Ouagadougou NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isMajorLanguageOf | Burkina Faso NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Niger–Congo languages ⓘ |
| macrolanguageOf | Mossi varieties ⓘ |
| neighboringLanguages |
Bissa
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Fula NERFINISHED ⓘ Gourmanchéma NERFINISHED ⓘ Jula NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryCountry | Burkina Faso NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | West Africa ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Mossi people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Burkina Faso
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Côte d’Ivoire NERFINISHED ⓘ Ghana ⓘ |
| subfamily | Gur languages ⓘ |
| subgroup | Northern Gur languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| typologicalFeature |
SVO word order
ⓘ
tone language ⓘ |
| usedAs | lingua franca in Burkina Faso ⓘ |
| usedFor | oral literature of the Mossi people ⓘ |
| usedIn |
education in Burkina Faso (primary level, non-formal)
ⓘ
radio broadcasting in Burkina Faso ⓘ religious practice in Mossi communities ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
Referenced by (1)
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