Morisien
E419018
Morisien is a French-based Creole language spoken in Mauritius and used widely in everyday communication, media, and culture.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Morisien canonical | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Creole language
ⓘ
French-based Creole ⓘ natural language ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Kreol
ⓘ
Kreol Morisien ⓘ Mauritian Creole NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Réunion Creole
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Seychellois Creole NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| developedFrom | French spoken in colonial Mauritius ⓘ |
| developedInCentury | 18th century ⓘ |
| glottocode | maur1410 ⓘ |
| hasNativeSpeakersMajorityIn | Mauritius ⓘ |
| hasOfficialOrthography | true ⓘ |
| hasStandardizationEffortsBy |
Akademi Kreol Repiblik Moris
ⓘ
surface form:
Akademi Kreol Morisien
Government of Mauritius ⓘ
surface form:
Mauritian government
|
| hasStatus |
de facto national language of Mauritius
ⓘ
lingua franca of Mauritius ⓘ |
| hasSubstrateLanguage |
Bhojpuri
ⓘ
East African languages ⓘ English ⓘ Malagasy ⓘ other South Asian languages ⓘ |
| hasSVOOrder | true ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
African languages vocabulary
ⓘ
English vocabulary ⓘ French vocabulary ⓘ Indian languages vocabulary ⓘ |
| ISO639-3Code | mfe ⓘ |
| languageFamily | French Creole ⓘ |
| lexifierLanguage | French ⓘ |
| primaryCountry | Mauritius ⓘ |
| region |
Indian Ocean
ⓘ
Mascarene Islands ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Chagos Archipelago diaspora communities
ⓘ
Mauritius ⓘ Rodrigues Island ⓘ
surface form:
Rodrigues
|
| usedAs | marker of Mauritian identity ⓘ |
| usedFor |
advertising
ⓘ
education (to a limited extent) ⓘ everyday communication ⓘ literature ⓘ media ⓘ music ⓘ political discourse ⓘ theatre ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Mauritian media
ⓘ
Mauritian popular culture ⓘ Mauritian schools (as support language) ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.