Mossi
mòoré
Mossi is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken in Burkina Faso, Ghana, Côte d’Ivoire, and Mali, by about 7.6 million people.
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Mooré, also known as Mossi, is a Gur language of the Oti–Volta branch and one of the 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, Ivory Coast, 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.
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Written down
Ninsaalbã fãa sã n doge, ned fãa so a menga, ned pa rogd n yaa yamb ye, nebã fãa zema taab b yel-segdɩ la b burkĩndlem wɛɛngẽ. Nebã fãa tara yam la tagsgo, ned fãa togame n vɩɩnd ne a to saam-biir pʊgẽ.
Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR in Unicode).
Words in Mossi
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| woman | paga | |
| eye | nifu | |
| head | zúgù | |
| liver | sãoore | |
| water | kòom | |
| fire | bùgúm | |
| snow | sa-ko-gĩsdim | |
| cat | yũuga | |
| cow | naafo | |
| pig | kukuri | |
| I love you | mam nonga fo | |
| house | zaka | |
| big | kãsenga |
Most similar languages
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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Elsewhere
Glottolog · moss1236 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · mos