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The Mossi language (Mooré) is a Gur language of the Oti–Volta branch and one of two official regional languages of Burkina Faso. It is the language of the Mossi people, spoken by approximately 8 million people in Burkina Faso, Ghana, Cote d’Ivoire, Benin, Niger, Mali, Togo and Senegal as a native language, but with many more L2 speakers. Mooré is spoken as a first or second language by over 50% of the Burkinabè population and is the main language in the capital city of Ouagadougou. It is one of the official regional languages in Burkina Faso and is closely related to Dagbani, with which it is mutually intelligible. Mossi is also known as Mòoré, Mooré, Moré, Moshi, Moore or More.
| Mossi | |
|---|---|
| Mòoré | |
| Native to | Burkina Faso, Benin, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Mali, Togo, Niger, Senegal |
| Ethnicity | Mossi |
Native speakers | 7.83 million (2009–2013)[1] |
Language family | |
Writing system | Latin (Mooré alphabet), N'Ko |
| Official status | |
Recognised minority language in |  Benin Burkina Faso |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-2 | mos |
| ISO 639-3 | mos |
| Glottolog | moss1236 |
 Majority areas of Mooré speakers (see also on a map of Burkina Faso) | |
| Person | Moaaga |
|---|---|
| People | Mossi |
| Language | Mooré |
Phonology
The Mooré language consists of the following sounds:[2]
Consonants
| Labial | Alveolar | Postalveolar / palatal |
Velar | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ | |||
| Stop | voiceless | p | t | k | ʔ | |
| voiced | b | d | ɡ | |||
| Fricative | voiceless | f | s | h | ||
| voiced | v | z | ||||
| Liquid | r, l | |||||
| Approximant | j | w | ||||
Remark:
- The semivowel /j/ y is pronounced [ɲ] (palatal nasal) in front of nasal vowels.
Vowels
| Front | Central | Back | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Close | close | i | u | |
| near-close | ɪ | ʊ | ||
| Close-mid | e | o | ||
| Open | a | |||
Notes:
- All vowels (other than /e/ and /o/) can also be nasalized.
- All vowels (oral and nasal) can be short or long.
- Other linguists include the vowels /ɛ/ and /ɔ/; here, they are analysed as diphthongs, (/ɛ/ is considered to be ea and /ɔ/ is considered to be oa).
Orthography
In Burkina Faso, the Mooré alphabet uses the letters specified in the national Burkinabé alphabet.
| Burkinabé Mooré alphabet | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | ʼ | B | D | E | Ɛ | F | G | H | I | Ɩ | K | L | M | N | O | P | R | S | T | U | Ʋ | V | W | Y | Z |
| a | ʼ | b | d | e | ɛ | f | g | h | i | ɩ | k | l | m | n | o | p | r | s | t | u | ʋ | v | w | y | z |
| Phonetic values | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| a | ʔ | b | d | e | ɛ | f | ɡ | h | i | ɪ | k | l | m | n | o | p | r | s | t | u | ʊ | v | w | j | z |
See also
- Languages of Burkina Faso
References
- "Mòoré". Ethnologue. Retrieved 2018-12-06.
- Cf. Kabore (1985) : (p.44) for the consonants, (p.85-86) for the vowels.
External links
Learning materials
- Protestant Mission, Assemblies of God. More (Language of the Mossi Tribe) Phrase Book. Ouagadougou, Upper Volta: World Digital Library.
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На других языках
[de] Mòoré
Mòoré oder Moore (auch Moose, More, Mole, Mossi, Moshi, Mooré und Moré genannt) ist die Sprache der Mossi.- [en] Mooré
[es] Idioma mossi
La lengua mossi, mòoré (también mõõre, moré, moshi o mos) es una de las dos lenguas oficiales regionales de Burkina Faso. El mòoré forma parte de la rama Oti-Volta de las lenguas gur, y en particular está estrechamente emparentado con el frafra (farefare) hablado al sur Burkina Faso y con el dagbani hablado en los alrededores de Bolgatanga en el norte de Ghana.[fr] Moré
Le moré ou mooré (autonyme : mòoré) est une langue du Burkina Faso, parlée par les Mossis. C'est la langue la plus parlée du pays. Lors du recensement de 2006, 53 % de la population le parlait comme langue maternelle[3]. C'est aussi avec le dioula et le peul une langue véhiculaire du Burkina Faso. Cette langue se rattache au groupe voltaïque.[it] Lingua more
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