Mauritian Creole
Creole language
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.
Mauritian Creole | |
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kreol, créole | |
Native to | Mauritius |
Native speakers | 800,000 (2005)[1] |
French Creole
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Dialects | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | mfe |
Glottolog | mori1278 |
Linguasphere | 51-AAC-cec
(to 51-AAC-cee) |
References
change- ↑ Mauritian Creole at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)