Moore language
E917990
Moore language is a major Gur language of Burkina Faso, spoken primarily by the Mossi people and serving as one of the country’s most widely used lingua francas.
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Gur language
ⓘ
language of Burkina Faso ⓘ natural language ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Mossi language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mòoré NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Dagbani language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kusaal language NERFINISHED ⓘ Mampruli language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryWithLargestSpeakers | Burkina Faso NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAutonym | Mòoré NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasBasicWordOrder | SVO ⓘ |
| hasConsonantInventory | rich set of plosives, nasals, fricatives, and approximants ⓘ |
| hasDialects |
Kaya dialect
ⓘ
Ouagadougou dialect ⓘ Yatenga dialect NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEthnologueEntry | Moore [mos] NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasGlottocode | moor1254 ⓘ |
| hasGrammaticalFeature | noun class remnants ⓘ |
| hasISO639-1Code | "" ⓘ |
| hasISO639-2Code | mos ⓘ |
| hasISO639-3Code | mos ⓘ |
| hasLanguageCode | LCID 0x006C (Windows) ⓘ |
| hasMorphologyType | agglutinative ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
ATR vowel harmony
ⓘ
tone language ⓘ |
| hasStatus | major national language of Burkina Faso ⓘ |
| hasVowelInventory | seven-vowel system with ATR pairs ⓘ |
| hasWritingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
| isLinguaFrancaIn | Burkina Faso NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Niger–Congo languages ⓘ |
| majorityLanguageOf | Burkina Faso NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfSpeakers | over 7 million ⓘ |
| primaryEthnicGroup | Mossi people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region |
central Burkina Faso
ⓘ
northern Burkina Faso ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Burkina Faso
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Côte d’Ivoire NERFINISHED ⓘ Ghana ⓘ Mali NERFINISHED ⓘ Togo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subFamily |
Gur languages
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Northern Gur languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedAs | lingua franca ⓘ |
| usedBy | Mossi kingdom descendants ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Burkinabè popular music lyrics
ⓘ
education in Burkina Faso ⓘ radio broadcasting in Burkina Faso ⓘ religious communication in Burkina Faso ⓘ |
| writingDirection | left-to-right ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.