Morisyen

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Morisyen is the French-based Creole language widely spoken in Mauritius and used as a key marker of the island’s national identity.

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Morisyen canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Creole language
French-based Creole
natural language
closelyRelatedTo Réunion Creole NERFINISHED
Seychellois Creole NERFINISHED
developedInCentury 18th century
developedInRegion Mascarene Islands
hasAlternativeName Kreol
Kreol Morisien
Mauritian Creole ONNED1
Morisien
hasCountry Mauritius
hasGlottologCode mori1278
hasGlottologName Morisyen
hasInfluenceFrom African languages
Bhojpuri
Cantonese
English
Hakka Chinese
linked to: Hakka language

Hindi
Marathi
linked to: Marathi language

Tamil NERFINISHED
Urdu
linked to: Urdu language
hasISO639-3Code mfe
hasLanguageFamily French Creole languages
linked to: French Creole
hasLanguageStatus key marker of Mauritian national identity
lingua franca of Mauritius
majority language in Mauritius
hasMorphologicalType analytic language
hasOfficialOrthography Akademi Kreol Morisien orthography
hasPrimaryLexifier French
hasRegion Indian Ocean
hasStandardizationEffortBy Akademi Kreol Morisien
Mauritian government
hasSVOOrder true
hasWritingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet
spokenIn Mauritius
subclassOf French Creole
Indian Ocean French Creole
usedAs symbol of Mauritian identity
usedByEthnicGroup Afro-Mauritians
Franco-Mauritians
linked to: Franco-Mauritian

Indo-Mauritians
Sino-Mauritians
usedIn Mauritius
usedInDomain everyday communication
informal education
media
popular music

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