Niger-Congo family
Mooré (Mossi)
c. 1200 CE – today Living
Mooré (Mossi) (c. 1200 CE – today) is a living Niger-Congo language. Lineage: Proto-Niger-Congo → Proto-Atlantic-Congo → Proto-Gur → Mooré (Mossi).
See Mooré (Mossi) on the interactive map- Speakers
- 8M (8,000,000)
- ISO 639-3
- mos
Oti-Volta language of the Mossi people, main language of Burkina Faso.
Lineage
- Proto-Niger-Congoc. 10,000 BCE – 7,000 BCE
- Proto-Atlantic-Congoc. 7,000 BCE – 5,000 BCE
- Proto-Gurc. 3,000 BCE – 1,000 BCE
- Mooré (Mossi)c. 1200 CE – today
Sister languages 1
Also descended from Proto-Gur.