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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