Mooré
Mooré, also called More or Mossi,[2][3] is a Gur language of the Oti–Volta branch and one of four official 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 closely related to Dagbani. PhonologyThe Mooré language consists of the following sounds:[4] Consonants
Remark: Vowels
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OrthographyIn 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.
See alsoReferences
External links[[:mos:| Mossi edition]] of Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Learning materialsWikivoyage has a phrasebook for Mooré.
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