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 tonal language spoken primarily in Burkina Faso by the Mossi (or Moshe), closely related and mutually intelligible with the Dagbani language spoken in northern Ghana. 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.

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