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Mauritian Creole or Morisien (formerly spelled Morisyen; native name: kreol morisien [kʁeol moʁisjɛ̃,-moʁiʃɛ̃]) is a French-based creole language spoken in Mauritius. English words are included in the standardized version of the language.
A creole language is a stable natural language developed from a mixture of different languages. Unlike a pidgin, a simplified form that develops as a means of communication between two or more groups, a creole language is a complete language, used in a community and acquired by children as their native language.
The Mauritian Creole language is very similar to other French Creole or Kreol languages in the Mascarene islands such as Reunion Creole and Seychellois Creole. These creoles languages are mutually intelligible and speakers are able to cross islands and speak with little difficulty.
The English word creole derives from the French créole, which in turn came from Portuguese crioulo, a diminutive of cria meaning a person raised in one's house.Cria is derived from criar, meaning "to raise or bring up", itself derived from the Latin creare, meaning "to make, bring forth, produce, beget"; which is also the source of the English word "create".
Castelline, a speaker of Haitian Creole, recorded in the United States. Haitian Creole (/ ˈ h eɪ ʃ ən ˈ k r iː oʊ l /; Haitian Creole: kreyòl ayisyen, [kɣejɔl ajisjɛ̃]; [6] [7] French: créole haïtien, [kʁe.ɔl a.i.sjɛ̃]), or simply Creole (Haitian Creole: kreyòl), is a French-based creole language spoken by 10 to 12 million people worldwide, and is one of the two official ...
Haitian Creole (Kreyòl ayisyen, locally called Creole) Louisiana Creole ( Kréyol la Lwizyàn , locally called Kourí-Viní and Creole), the Louisiana French Creole language. (not confuse with Louisiana French or Cajun French )
A creole language, [2] [3] [4] or simply creole, is a stable natural language that develops from the process of different languages simplifying and mixing into a new form (often a pidgin), and then that form expanding and elaborating into a full-fledged language with native speakers, all within a fairly brief period. [5]
Haitian Creole (3 C, 4 P) M. Mauritian Creole (2 C, 6 P) S. Seychellois Creole (1 C, 3 P) Pages in category "French-based pidgins and creoles"