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The working languages are French, which was introduced when France colonized Burkina Faso in 1919, and English. In December 2023, the government of Burkina Faso adopted a bill revising the Constitution regarding language. Indigenous languages were set as official languages, while French was made a "working language" only. [24]
Pages in category "Languages of Burkina Faso" The following 61 pages are in this category, out of 61 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Mooré, also called More or Mossi, [2] [3] is a Gur language of the Oti–Volta branch and one of 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, Cote d’Ivoire, Benin, Niger, Mali, Togo, and Senegal as a native language, but with many more L2 ...
Formerly the Republic of Upper Volta, the country was renamed "Burkina Faso" on 4 August 1984 by then-President Thomas Sankara.The words "Burkina" and "Faso" stem from different languages spoken in the country: "Burkina" comes from Mooré and means "upright", showing how the people are proud of their integrity, while "Faso" comes from the Dyula language (as written in N'Ko: ߝߊ߬ߛߏ߫ faso ...
The Silmi-mossi or Silmimoosé, Silmi-moosé, are a people of Burkina Faso resulting from the mixture between Mossi and fulani. They are historically based in the Yatenga in the north and speak in Moore language. They are attached to the Mossi with whom they share the same culture and constitute a Mossi sub group.
It is the largest by number of speakers of the Gurma subgroup of the Oti–Volta languages, which includes among others the Moba language and the Konkomba language. It is the major language of the easternmost parts of Burkina Faso , around the traditional Gurma capital Fada N'gourma ; it is also spoken in neighbouring parts of northern Togo ...
The Oti–Volta languages form a subgroup of the Gur languages, comprising about 30 languages of northern Ghana, Benin, and Burkina Faso spoken by twelve million people.. The most populous language is Mooré, the national language of Burkina Faso, spoken by over 55% of Burkina Faso’s 20 million population and an additional 1 million in neighboring countries such as Ghana, Ivory Coast, Niger ...
Samo language (Burkina) 5 languages. ... Samo (Sane, San, Sa), also known as Mande Samo, is a dialect cluster of Mande languages spoken in Burkina Faso and Mali.