- an agricultural people of Africa living mainly in Burkina Faso.
- the language of the Mossi people, a Gur language of the Niger-Congo family.
- a member of a Negroid people of W Africa, living chiefly in Burkina Faso: noted for their use of cowry shells as currency and for their trading skill
- the language of this people, belonging to the Gur branch of the Niger-Congo family