Mooré (original) (raw)
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Gur language of Burkina Faso
| Mooré | |
|---|---|
| More, Mossi | |
| Mòoré | |
| Native to | Burkina Faso, Benin, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Mali, Togo, Niger, Senegal |
| Ethnicity | Mossi |
| Native speakers | 12 million (2012–2022)[1] |
| Language family | Niger–Congo? Atlantic–CongoVolta-CongoSavannasGurNorthern GurOti–VoltaWestern Oti-VoltaNorthwesternMooré |
| Writing system | Latin (Mooré alphabet)Minim Dag Noore[2] |
| Official status | |
| Official language in |  Burkina Faso |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-2 | mos |
| ISO 639-3 | mos |
| Glottolog | moss1236 |
 Majority areas of Mooré speakers (see also on a map of Burkina Faso) |
| Person | Moaaga |
|---|---|
| People | Mosse |
| Language | Mòoré |
| Country | Moogho |
A Mooré speaker speaking Mooré and Dioula, recorded in Taiwan.
Video 1 min:23 sec, 2018.
Mooré[3][4] is a Gur language of the Oti–Volta branch and one of three official languages of Burkina Faso. It is the language of the Mossi people, spoken by approximately 6.46 million people in Burkina Faso, Ghana, Ivory Coast, 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 Burkinabé population and is the main language in the capital city of Ouagadougou.
It is closely related to Frafra, and less 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)
The Mooré language consists of the following sounds:[5][_full citation needed_]
Mooré consonant phonemes
| | Labial | Alveolar | Postalveolar/ palatal | Velar | Glottal | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | Nasal | m | n | ɲ | | | | | Stop | voiceless | p | t | | k | ʔ | | voiced | b | d | | ɡ | | | | Fricative | voiceless | f | s | | | h | | voiced | v | z | | | | | | Liquid | | r | | | | | | Approximant | | l | j | w | | |
Remark:
| | Front | Central | Back | | | | --------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Close | close | i | | u | | near-close | ɪ | | ʊ | | | Close-mid | e | | o | | | Open | | a | | |
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).
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.
| Burkinabé Mooré alphabet | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | ʼ | B | D | E | Ɛ | F | G | H | İ | Ɩ | K | L | M | N | O | P | R | S | T | U | Ʋ | V | W | Y | Z |
| a | ʼ | b | d | e | ɛ | f | g | h | i | ɩ | k | l | m | n | o | p | r | s | t | u | ʋ | v | w | y | z |
| Phonetic values | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| a | ʔ | b | d | e | ɛ | f | ɡ | h | i | ɪ | k | l | m | n | o | p | r | s | t | u | ʊ | v | w | j | z |
- ^ Mooré at Ethnologue (27th ed., 2024)
- ^ "Proposal to encode the Minim Dag Noore script in the UCS" (PDF). unicode.org.
- ^ "More, language of the Mossi tribe; phrase book". Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA.
- ^ School, Live Lingua-Online Language. "FSI More(Mossi) Basic Language Course". Live Lingua.
- ^ Cf. Kabore (1985) : (p.44) for the consonants, (p.85-86) for the vowels.
- PanAfrican L10n wiki page on Moore
- Database of audio recordings in Mòoré - basic Catholic prayers
- Protestant Mission, Assemblies of God. More (Language of the Mossi Tribe) Phrase Book. Ouagadougou, Upper Volta: World Digital Library.