Mooré

Mooré, dem sanso call Burkinabé, Upper Voltan, More anaa Mossi, be a Gur language of de Oti–Volta branch den one of four official languages of Burkina Faso. E be de language of de Mossi people, approximately 6.46 million people insyd Burkina Faso, Ghana, Cote d’Ivoire, Benin, Niger, Mali, Togo, den Senegal dey speak am as a native language, buh plus chaw more L2 speakers. Dem dey speak Mooré as a first anaa second language by over 50% of de Burkinabé population wey e be de main language insyd de capital city of Ouagadougou.

E be closely related to Frafra, den less related to Dagbani.

 Phonology 
De Mooré language dey consist of de following sounds:Cf. Kabore (1985) : (p.44) for the consonants, (p.85-86) for the vowels. 

 Consonants 
+Mooré consonant phonemesLabialAlveolarPostalveolar/ palatalVelarGlottalNasalmnɲStopvoicelessptkʔvoicedbdɡFricativevoicelessfshvoicedvzLiquidrApproximantljw
Remark:

 De semivowel /j/ ⟨y⟩ be pronounced [ɲ] (palatal nasal) in front of nasal vowels.

 Vowels 
FrontCentralBackClosecloseiunear-closeɪʊClose-mideoOpena

 All vowels (oda dan /e/ den /o/) sanso fi be nasalized.
 All vowels (oral den nasal) fi be short anaa long.
 Oda linguists dey include de vowels /ɛ/ den /ɔ/; hie, dem be analysed as diphthongs, (/ɛ/ be considered to be ea den /ɔ/ be considered to be oa).

 Orthography 
Insyd Burkina Faso, de Mooré alphabet dey use de letters specified insyd de national Burkinabé alphabet. Dem sanso fi be written plus de newly-devised Goulsse alphabet.

 References 

 External links 

PanAfrican L10n wiki page on Moore
Database of audio recordings in Mòoré - basic Catholic prayers

 Learning materials 

Category:Oti–Volta languages
Category:Languages of Burkina Faso
Category:Languages of Benin
Category:Languages of Ivory Coast
Category:Languages wey dey Ghana
Category:Languages of Mali
Category:Languages of Togo
Category:Mossi people
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