Moore

E916957

Moore is a major Gur language of Burkina Faso and surrounding regions, spoken primarily by the Mossi people.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Moore canonical 7
Moore [mos] 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Gur language ⓘ
language ⓘ
natural language ⓘ
belongsToCountryOfficialLanguageSet Burkina Faso national languages ⓘ
countryWithSignificantSpeakers Burkina Faso ⓘ
Côte d’Ivoire ⓘ
linked to: Côte d'Ivoire

Ghana ⓘ
ethnicGroupAssociated Mossi ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Mossi language ⓘ
Mòoré ⓘ
hasDialects Kaya dialect ⓘ
Ouagadougou dialect ⓘ
Yatenga dialect ⓘ
hasEthnologueEntry Moore (mos) ⓘ
linked to: Moore
hasGlottocode moor1254 ⓘ
hasISO639-1Code none ⓘ
hasISO639-2Code mos ⓘ
hasISO639-3Code mos ⓘ
hasLinguisticInfluenceFrom French ⓘ
Jula ⓘ
hasLinguisticInfluenceOn urban speech in Ouagadougou ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive tone ⓘ
noun class remnants ⓘ
hasSpeakerPopulationRankInBurkinaFaso largest ⓘ
hasStandardVarietyCenter Ouagadougou ⓘ
isMajorLanguageOf Burkina Faso ⓘ
languageFamily Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
macrolanguageOf Mossi varieties ⓘ
neighboringLanguages Bissa ⓘ
Fula ⓘ
linked to: Fulani

Gourmanchéma ⓘ
Jula ⓘ
primaryCountry Burkina Faso ⓘ
region West Africa ⓘ
spokenBy Mossi people ⓘ
spokenIn Burkina Faso ⓘ
Côte d’Ivoire ⓘ
linked to: Côte d'Ivoire

Ghana ⓘ
subfamily Gur languages ⓘ
subgroup Northern Gur languages ⓘ
linked to: Northern Gur
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 script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

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