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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 have retained elements of Afro-Malagasy cultural practices in areas such as music, dress, cuisine, spirituality and religion which point to their roots among those peoples. These practises have been incorporated into the general diversity of Mauritian culture along with other influences.
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.
The island of Mauritius is home to many languages, and Mauritian literature exists in French, English, Creole and Indian languages.Major themes in Mauritian literature include exoticism, multiracialism and miscegenation, racial and social conflicts, indianocéanisme, and—more recently—post-modernism and post-structuralism currents, such as coolitude.
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.
At first, Mauritius was an empty island where little by little, people settled. As they did so, everyone came in with their culture, language and religious identity. This is what explains the multicultural status of island and the existence of so many worships in such a small territory.
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.
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 ...