Mauritian Creole or Morisien (formerly spelled Morisyen; native name: kreol morisien [kʁeol moʁisjɛ̃, - moʁiʃɛ̃]) is a French-based creole language spoken...
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Mauritian Creoles are the people on the islands of Mauritius, Rodrigues, Agaléga and the Chagos Archipelago and in the wider overseas Mauritian diaspora...
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Mauritians (singular Mauritian; French: Mauricien; Creole: Morisien) are nationals or natives of the Republic of Mauritius and their descendants. Mauritius...
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all Mauritians is the Mauritian Creole, while a minority of Indo-Mauritians still use both their ancestral language and Creole at home. Indo-Mauritian use...
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Fernandino Creole peoples Haitian Creole people Affranchis Afro-Honduran Creoles Liberian Creole people Louisiana Creole people Creoles of color Mauritian Creole...
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Mauritians of Chinese origin, also known as Sino-Mauritians or Chinese Mauritians, are Mauritians who trace their ethnic ancestry to China. Like members...
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Mauritius (category Pages with Mauritian Creole IPA)
practised religion. Indo-Mauritians make up the bulk of the population with significant Creole, Sino-Mauritian and Franco-Mauritian minorities. The island's...
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Demographics of Mauritius (redirect from French Mauritian)
laborers. Mauritian Creoles (descendants of Africans) are twenty-eight percent of the population. Today, a significant proportion of Creoles are of African...
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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...
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France. The creole cuisine is eaten by every Mauritian and has its influences from African, Indian, and French cuisine. Mauritian Creole dishes typically...
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Languages portal Creole language Agalega creole Mauritian creole Rodriguan creole Smith, Norval (1994). "26 An annotated list of creoles, pidgins and mixed...
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cloves. The creole cuisine is eaten by most Mauritians and has its influences from African, Indian, and French cuisine. Mauritian Creole dishes typically...
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Greek, Biblical Hebrew, English, Malay, native languages of Indonesia, Mauritian Creole, Tagalog, Russian, and Sinhala and Dhivehi. Tamil loanwords in Ancient...
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Languages of Mauritius (redirect from Mauritian Hindi)
(parliament) only. While the lingua franca is Mauritian Creole, French is spoken by a majority of Mauritians and is used in the media while English is used...
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Prithvirajsing Roopun (category Pages with Mauritian Creole IPA)
Roopun (Mauritian Creole pronunciation: [pʁitviʁad͡ʒsiŋ ʁupʌn]) GCSK (born 24 May 1959), also known as Pradeep Singh Roopun, is a Mauritian politician...
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Agalega creole is a creole language influenced by French spoken in Agalega. It has been heavily influenced by both Mauritian Creole and Seychellois Creole, as...
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The Mauritian rupee (sign: Re (singular) and Rs (plural); ISO code: MUR; pronounced [ʁupi]) is the currency of Mauritius. One rupee is subdivided into...
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as Bourbonnais Creoles Mauritian Creole, spoken in Mauritius (locally Kreol) Agalega creole, spoken in Agaléga Islands Chagossian creole, spoken by the...
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Tamil and Malagasy Agalega Creole Chagossian Creole Mauritian Creole Reunion Creole Rodriguan Creole Seychellois Creole Chiac, French, English, Eastern...
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occupation. The Mauritian Creole people trace their origins to the plantation owners and slaves who worked in the sugar fields. Indo-Mauritians are descended...
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Creole, as the predominant island group is called the Mascarenes. There are six languages in this group: Agalega Creole Chagossian Creole Mauritian Creole...
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Culture of Mauritius (redirect from Mauritian holidays)
Sino-Mauritians eventually became the dominant group within the community. The co-existence of Mauritians of Indian, African (known as Mauritian Creoles)...
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Parti Mauricien Social Démocrate (redirect from Mauritian Social Democratic Party)
party. The PMSD renewed its focus on the Mauritian Creole community and remained a close ally of the Mauritian Labour Party. In the lead up to elections...
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Sega (genre) (category Mauritian Creole)
slaves as well as their descendants Mauritian Creole people and is usually sung in Mauritian Creole or Réunionese Creole. Sega is also popular on the islands...
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(Indo-Mauritian) follow mostly Hinduism and Islam. The Franco-Mauritians, Creoles and Sino-Mauritians follow Christianity. A minority of Sino-Mauritians also...
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Mauritius and were absorbed in the Franco-Mauritian community or the gens de couleur (Coloureds). Within the Afro-Creole community, a significant proportion...
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Vaco Baissac (redirect from Vaco (Mauritian Artist))
design and ceramics. Vaco was a defender of the Mauritian Creole language and the idea that all Mauritians can communicate through a common language is integral...
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national language status with English and French (in contrast to Mauritian and Réunion Creole, which lack official status in Mauritius and France). Since its...
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Dev Virahsawmy (category Mauritian Creole-language writers)
March 1942 – 7 November 2023) was a Mauritian politician, playwright, poet and advocate of the Mauritian Creole language. Though he wrote easily in both...
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Tamil was gradually replaced by Mauritian Creole as the mother tongue of Mauritian Tamils. Nonetheless, most Tamil Mauritians can read and write Tamil as...
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