Mooré

Mooré

Mooré

Gur language of Burkina Faso

Mooré, also called More or Mossi,[2][3] is a Gur language of the Oti–Volta branch and one of four official regional languages of Burkina Faso. It is the language of the Mossi people, spoken by approximately 6.46 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.

The Lord's Prayer in Mooré translation (Church of the Pater Noster)
Blackboard with text in Mooré, including use of the letter Ʋ (v with hook).
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A Mooré speaker speaking Mooré and Dioula, recorded in Taiwan. Video 1 min:23 sec, 2018.

Phonology

The Mooré language consists of the following sounds:[4]

Consonants

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Remark:

  • The semivowel /j/ ⟨y⟩ is pronounced [ɲ] (palatal nasal) in front of nasal vowels.

Vowels

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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. It can also be written with the newly devised goulsse alphabet.


More information Burkinabé Mooré alphabet, Phonetic values ...

See also

References

  1. [1]
    Mooré at Ethnologue (21st ed., 2018) Closed access icon
  2. [2]
    "More, language of the Mossi tribe; phrase book". Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA.
  3. [3]
    School, Live Lingua-Online Language. "FSI More(Mossi) Basic Language Course :". Live Lingua.
  4. [4]
    Cf. Kabore (1985) : (p.44) for the consonants, (p.85-86) for the vowels.
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Learning materials

Wikivoyage has a phrasebook for Mooré.
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