Kreol Morisien

E419016

Kreol Morisien is a French-based Creole language spoken primarily in Mauritius and serves as the country’s most widely used lingua franca.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Kreol Morisien canonical 3
Kreol 1
Kreol Morisyen 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Creole language
French-based Creole
natural language
alternativeName Kreol
linked to: Kreol Morisien

Kreol Morisyen
linked to: Kreol Morisien

Mauritian Creole
Morisyen
closelyRelatedTo Rodriguan Creole
Réunion Creole
Seychellois Creole
countryOrRegionOfOrigin Mauritius
derivedFrom French of the 17th and 18th centuries
developedDuring French colonial period in Mauritius
glottologCode maur1410
hasLoanwordsFrom Arabic
Bhojpuri
Chinese languages
English
Hindi
Tamil NERFINISHED
Urdu
linked to: Urdu language
hasStandardizationEffort grammar description
orthography development
hasStandardOrthography true
hasSubstrateLanguage East African languages
English
Indian languages
Malagasy
ISO639-3Code mfe
languageFamily French Creole
languageOf Mauritian identity
officialStatus national language of Mauritius
primaryLexifierLanguage French
regulatingBody Akademi Kreol Morisien
spokenIn Mauritian diaspora communities
Mauritius
Rodrigues
linked to: Rodrigues Island
typologicalFeature SVO word order
analytic morphology
no case inflection
no grammatical gender
usedAs lingua franca
usedAsMediumOfInstruction some Mauritian schools
usedIn education
everyday communication in Mauritius
literature
media
music
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mauritian Creole hasAlternativeName Kreol Morisien
Patois alternativeName Kweyol
linked to: Kreol Morisien
Kreol Morisien alternativeName Kreol
linked to: Kreol Morisien
Kreol Morisien alternativeName Kreol Morisyen
linked to: Kreol Morisien
Morisyen hasAlternativeName Kreol Morisien
Morisien alternativeName Kreol Morisien