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Moore language

Mossi
Mooré
Native to Burkina Faso, Benin, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Mali, Togo
Ethnicity Mossi
Native speakers
7.6 million (2007)
Niger–Congo
Latin
Official status
Recognised minority
language in
Language codes
ISO 639-2
ISO 639-3
Glottolog moss1236
Languages of Burkina Faso.png
Majority areas of Mossi speakers, in pink, on a map of Burkina Faso.
Person Moaaga
People Moose
Language Mòoré

The Mossi language (known in the language as Mooré; also Mòoré, Mõõré, Moré, Moshi, Moore, More) is one of two official regional languages of Burkina Faso, closely related to the Frafra language spoken just across the border in the northern half of Ghana and less-closely to Dagbani and Mampruli further south. It is the language of the Mossi people, spoken by approximately 5 million people in Burkina Faso, plus another 60,000+ in Mali and Togo.

The Mossi language consists of the following sounds:

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In Burkina Faso, the Mossi alphabet uses the letters specified in the national Burkinabé alphabet.


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