Mauritian Creole

Mauritian Creole
kreol, créole
Native toMauritius
Native speakers
800,000 (2005)[1]
French Creole
  • Bourbonnais Creoles
    • Mauritian Creole
Dialects
  • Rodriguan Creole
Language codes
ISO 639-3mfe
Glottologmori1278
Linguasphere51-AAC-cec (to 51-AAC-cee)

Mauritian Creole is a French-based creole language. It is spoken in Mauritius. It is not an official language but is well known among the Mauritian people. It is mostly French with a few non-French words. Mauritian Creole is spoken in over 65% of Mauritius.

References

  1. ↑ Mauritian Creole at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
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