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Mauritian Creole is the lingua franca of the Republic of Mauritius, which gained independence from the United Kingdom in 1968. Both English and French are used as alternatives to Mauritian Creole. English is spoken primarily for administration and educational purposes and French is used by the media and as a second language.
Mauritian Creoles along with their Rodriguais, Agaléan and Chagossian counterparts make up 28% of the Mauritian population living in the Republic of Mauritius. [8] There is also significant representation of Mauritian Creoles within the overseas Mauritian Diaspora.
The French-speaking Mauritian and Seychellois Creoles are both either African or ethnically mixed and Christianized. On Réunion, the term Creole applies to all people born on the island, [16] while in South Africa, the blending of East African and Southeast Asian slaves with Dutch settlers, later produced a creolized population. [17]
Mauritians (singular Mauritian; French: Mauricien; Creole: Morisien) are nationals or natives of the Republic of Mauritius and their descendants. Mauritius is a melting pot of multi-ethnic , multi-cultural and multi-religious peoples.
This category delineates the eminent people of Mauritius who are of Creole ethnic origins. Pages in category "Mauritian Creoles" The following 23 pages are in this category, out of 23 total.
Rodriguan Creole is a dialect of Mauritian Creole, a French-based creole language, spoken on the island of Rodrigues in the Indian Ocean.It is spoken by virtually all 40,000 inhabitants of the island.
While kreol morisien (Mauritian Creole) is the most spoken language on in Mauritius, most of the literature is written in French, although many authors write in English, Bhojpuri, and Morisien (Mauritian Creole), and others such as Abhimanyu Unnuth in Hindi. Mauritius's renowned playwright Dev Virahsawmy writes exclusively in Morisyen.
Mauritian Creole-language writers (1 C, 1 P) T. Translators to Mauritian Creole (2 P) Pages in category "Mauritian Creole" The following 7 pages are in this category ...