Mooré

A Mooré speaker speaking Mooré and Dioula, recorded in Taiwan. Video 1 min:23 sec, 2018.

Mooré, bɛ ni lahi booni shɛli More bee Mossi, di nyɛla din pahi Gur bala ni Oti–Volta yaɣili ka pahi bala dibaanahi shɛli Burkina Faso polo nima ni tɔɣisiri ni. Di nyɛla Mohi ballin, ka ban tɔɣisirili paai kamani 6.46 miliyoŋ Burkina Faso, Ghana, Cote d’Ivoire, Benin, Niger, Mali, Togo ni Senegal ka di nyɛla bɛ zuliya yɛltɔɣa, amaa ka niriba pam bɔhim li m-pahi. Mooré. Di mini Dagbani di yɛn ŋmanila taba.

The Lord's Prayer in Mooré translation (Church of the Pater Noster)

Blackboard with text in Mooré, including use of the letter Ʋ (v with hook).

Fɔnoloji

Mooré balli chanimi ni bachinima kumsi din doli ŋɔ na:

Konsonantinima

Mooré consonant phonemes

		Labial	Alveolar	Postalveolar / palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal		m	n	ɲ
Stop	voiceless	p	t		k	ʔ
	voiced	b	d		ɡ
Fricative	voiceless	f	s			h
	voiced	v	z
Liquid			r
Approximant			l	j	w

Remark:

• The semivowel /j/ ⟨y⟩ is pronounced [ɲ] (palatal nasal) in front of nasal vowels.

Vowels

		Front	Central	Back
Close	close	i		u
	near-close	ɪ		ʊ
Close-mid		e		o
Open			a

Notes:

• Vaawulinima zaa din pahi (ka di pa ni /e/ mini /o/) gab ni tooi yɛli nyeeni.

Vaawulinima zaa (nolini mini nyeeni) ni tooi ji bee ka di waɣa.

• Bala baŋdiba shɛba pahiri vaawulinima kamani /ɛ/ mini /ɔ/; kpe ŋɔ, bɛ buɣisili mi kamani "diphthongs", (/ɛ/ nyɛla bɛ ni zaŋ shɛli zali ea zaani ka /ɔ/ mi zani oa zaani).

Orthography

Burkina Faso, Mooré bachikɔba bela Burkinabé bachikɔba ni.

Burkinabé Mooré alphabet
A	ʼ	B	D	E	Ɛ	F	G	H	İ	Ɩ	K	L	M	N	O	P	R	S	T	U	Ʋ	V	W	Y	Z
a	ʼ	b	d	e	ɛ	f	g	h	i	ɩ	k	l	m	n	o	p	r	s	t	u	ʋ	v	w	y	z
Phonetic values
a	ʔ	b	d	e	ɛ	f	ɡ	h	i	ɪ	k	l	m	n	o	p	r	s	t	u	ʊ	v	w	j	z

Lihi pahi

• Languages of Burkina Faso

External links

• PanAfrican L10n wiki page on Moore
• Database of audio recordings in Mòoré - basic Catholic prayers

Learning materials

• Protestant Mission, Assemblies of God. More (Language of the Mossi Tribe) Phrase Book. Ouagadougou, Upper Volta: World Digital Library.