More language

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Mooré Mòoré
Spoken in:	Burkina Faso, Benin, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Mali, Togo
Total speakers:	5,036,700
Language family:	Niger-Congo Atlantic-Congo Volta-Congo Gur Central Oti-Volta Mooré
Language codes
ISO 639-1:	none
ISO 639-2:	`mos`
ISO 639-3:	`mos`
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More language (also Mòoré, Mooré, Moré, Moshi, Mossi, Moore or More) is a language spoken primarily in Burkina Faso by the Mossis. 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.