'More language' (also ''Mòoré'', ''Mooré'', ''Moré'', ''Moshi'', ''Mossi'', ''Moore'' or ''More'') is a
language spoken primarily in
Burkina Faso by the
Mossi. It is spoken by approximately 5 million people in the country plus 50,000 others in
Benin,
Côte d'Ivoire,
Ghana,
Mali and
Togo.
Dialects of the language include
Saremdé,
Taolendé,
Yaadré,
Ouagadougou,
Yaande,
Zaore and
Yana.
It is classified as follows:
Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, North,
Gur, Central, Northern, Oti-Volta, Western, Northwest. More is the language of the
Mossi people (Moaaga in singular). Second-language speakership of More in Burkina Faso is probably significant.
External links
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Mooré Primer
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Ethnologue report on Moore
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PanAfrican L10n wiki page on Moore