Mooré

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Mooré is a major Gur language spoken primarily by the Mossi people of Burkina Faso and neighboring West African countries.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Mooré canonical 24
Moré 1
Mossi 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Gur language ⓘ
language ⓘ
natural language ⓘ
alternativeName Mossi language ⓘ
Mòoré ⓘ
basicWordOrder SVO ⓘ
belongsTo Niger–Congo language family ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Dagaare ⓘ
linked to: Dagaaba

Dagbani ⓘ
Mampruli ⓘ
countryWithLargestNumberOfSpeakers Burkina Faso ⓘ
dialectRegion Kaya area ⓘ
Ouagadougou area ⓘ
linked to: Ouagadougou

Yatenga area ⓘ
ethnologueEntryName Mossi ⓘ
linked to: Mooré
glottocode moss1236 ⓘ
hasApproximateNumberOfSpeakers over 7 million ⓘ
hasBibleTranslation yes ⓘ
hasDialects yes ⓘ
hasISO639-1Code none ⓘ
hasISO639-2Code mos ⓘ
hasISO639-3Code mos ⓘ
hasLiterature yes ⓘ
hasNounClasses yes ⓘ
hasStandardizedOrthography yes ⓘ
hasSVOOrder true ⓘ
hasTonalPhonology true ⓘ
isTonalLanguage yes ⓘ
languageFamily Gur languages ⓘ
majorityLanguageOf central Burkina Faso ⓘ
region West Africa ⓘ
regulatedBy Burkinabè national language bodies ⓘ
spokenBy Mossi people ⓘ
spokenIn Burkina Faso ⓘ
Côte d’Ivoire ⓘ
linked to: Côte d'Ivoire

Ghana ⓘ
Mali ⓘ
Togo ⓘ
linked to: Burkina Faso
statusInBurkinaFaso major national language ⓘ
subfamily Northern Gur languages ⓘ
linked to: Gur languages
usedAs lingua franca in parts of Burkina Faso ⓘ
usedFor daily communication among Mossi people ⓘ
usedIn education (non-formal and some primary contexts) ⓘ
popular music in Burkina Faso ⓘ
radio broadcasting in Burkina Faso ⓘ
religious practice and preaching ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (26)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ouagadougou → localLanguage → Mooré ⓘ
Tenkodogo → commonLanguages → Mooré ⓘ
subject linked to: Tenkodogo, Burkina Faso
Mooré → ethnologueEntryName → Mossi ⓘ
linked to: Mooré
Ouahigouya → commonLanguage → Mooré ⓘ
Mossi language → alternativeName → Moré ⓘ
linked to: Mooré
Kaya area → primaryLanguage → Mooré ⓘ
Yatenga area → language → Mooré ⓘ
Mòoré → alternativeName → Mooré ⓘ
Mossi people → language → Mooré ⓘ
Oti–Volta → hasLanguage → Mooré ⓘ
Oti–Volta → majorLanguage → Mooré ⓘ
Dagari → closelyRelatedTo → Mooré ⓘ
Kusaal → closelyRelatedTo → Mooré ⓘ
Kaya → primaryLanguage → Mooré ⓘ