Mòoré language

Mòoré language

language
name=Mòoré
nativename=Mòoré
states=Burkina Faso, Benin, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Mali, Togo
speakers=5,036,700
familycolor=Niger-Congo
fam2=Atlantic-Congo
fam3=Volta-Congo
fam4=Gur
fam5=Central
fam6=Oti-Volta
iso2=mos
iso3=mos

Mòoré language (also "Mooré", "Moré", "Moshi", "Mossi", "Moore" or "More") is a tonal language spoken primarily in Burkina Faso by the Mossi (or "Moshe"), closely related and mutually intelligible with the Dagbani language spoken in northern Ghana. It is spoken by approximately 5 million people in the country plus 50,000 others in Benin, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Mali and Togo. Dialects of the language include Saremdé, Taolendé, Yaadré, Ouagadougou, Yaande, Zaore and Yana.

It is classified as follows: Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, North, Gur, Central, Northern, Oti-Volta, Western, Northwest. Mòoré is the language of the Mossi people (Moaaga in singular). Second-language speakership of More in Burkina Faso is probably significant.

External links

* [http://www.fsi-language-courses.com/Mor%C3%A9.aspx USA Foreign Service Institute Moré basic course]
*wikitravelphrasebook|Mooré phrasebook
* [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=mos Ethnologue report on Moore]
* [http://www.panafril10n.org/wikidoc/pmwiki.php/PanAfrLoc/Moore PanAfrican L10n wiki page on Moore]


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