Morisyen

E419017

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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Label Occurrences
Morisyen canonical 2

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Creole language ⓘ
French-based Creole ⓘ
natural language ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Réunion Creole ⓘ
Seychellois Creole ⓘ
developedInCentury 18th century ⓘ
developedInRegion Mascarene Islands ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Kreol ⓘ
Kreol Morisien ⓘ
Mauritian Creole ⓘ
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 ⓘ
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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