Mooré

Person	Moaaga
People	Mosse
Language	Mòoré
Country	Moogho

Mooré
Mooré
More, Mossi
Mòoré
Native to	Burkina Faso, Benin, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Mali, Togo, Niger, Senegal
Ethnicity	Mossi
Native speakers	6.5 million (2009–2013)
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Volta-Congo Savannas Gur Northern Gur Oti–Volta Western Oti-Volta Northwestern Mooré; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Writing system	Latin (Mooré alphabet), N'Ko
Official status
Official language in	BFA
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)

Mooré, also called More or Mossi, is a Gur language of the Oti–Volta branch and one of four official regional 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 one of the official regional languages in Burkina Faso and is closely related to Dagbani.

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