Mooré
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Mooré, also called Burkinabé, Upper Voltan, More or Mossi,[1][2] 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 Burkinabé population and is the main language in the capital city of Ouagadougou.
It is closely related to Frafra, and less related to Dagbani.
Phonology
The Mooré language consists of the following sounds:[3]Template:Fcn
Consonants
| Labial | Alveolar | Postalveolar / palatal |
Velar | Glottal | ||
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Remark:
- The semivowel Template:IPAslink Template:Angbr is pronounced Template:IPAblink (palatal nasal) in front of nasal vowels.
Vowels
| Front | Central | Back | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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| near-closeScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Template:IPA link | Template:IPA link | ||
| Close-mid | Template:IPA link | Template:IPA link | ||
| Open | Template:IPA link | |||
Notes:
- All vowels (other than Template:IPAslink and Template:IPAslink) can also be nasalized.
- All vowels (oral and nasal) can be short or long.
- Other linguists include the vowels Template:IPAslink and Template:IPAslink; here, they are analysed as diphthongs, (Template:IPAslink is considered to be ea and Template:IPAslink 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.
| Burkinabé Mooré alphabet | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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See also
References
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External links
Learning materials
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