Mauritian Creole
E86042
Mauritian Creole is a French-based creole language spoken primarily in Mauritius, serving as the country’s most widely used lingua franca and a key marker of its cultural identity.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mauritian Creole canonical | 14 |
| Mauritian Creoles | 1 |
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French-based creole
ⓘ
creole language ⓘ natural language ⓘ |
| developedFrom | French of the colonial period ⓘ |
| developedInCentury | 18th century ⓘ |
| developedInContext | French colonial plantation society in Mauritius ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Kreol Morisien
ⓘ
Mauritian ⓘ Morisien ⓘ Morisyen ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
little inflectional morphology
ⓘ
tense-aspect-mood marked by preverbal particles ⓘ |
| hasGlottocode | maur1410 ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceFromLanguage |
Bhojpuri
ⓘ
East African languages ⓘ English ⓘ Malagasy ⓘ Portuguese language ⓘ
surface form:
Portuguese
other South Asian languages ⓘ |
| hasISO639-3Code | mfe ⓘ |
| hasLanguageCodeType |
ISO 639
ⓘ
surface form:
ISO 639-3
|
| hasLanguageFamily | French-based creole ⓘ |
| hasMorphologyType | analytic ⓘ |
| hasOfficialRecognitionIn | Mauritius ⓘ |
| hasPrimaryLexifier | French ⓘ |
| hasRegulatingBody | Akademi Kreol Repiblik Moris ⓘ |
| hasRole |
lingua franca of Mauritius
ⓘ
marker of Mauritian cultural identity ⓘ |
| hasStandardOrthography | yes ⓘ |
| hasStatus | national language (de facto) ⓘ |
| hasTypicalWordOrder | SVO ⓘ |
| hasWritingSystem | Latin script ⓘ |
| isMostWidelySpokenLanguageIn | Mauritius ⓘ |
| isRelatedTo |
Rodriguan Creole
ⓘ
Réunion Creole ⓘ Seychellois Creole ⓘ |
| spokenInCountry | Mauritius ⓘ |
| spokenInRegion |
Indian Ocean
ⓘ
Mascarene Islands ⓘ |
| subclassOf |
French-based creole language
ⓘ
Indo-European language family ⓘ
surface form:
Indo-European languages
|
| usedByEthnicGroup |
Mauritians of African descent
ⓘ
Mauritians of Chinese descent ⓘ Mauritians of European descent ⓘ Mauritians of Indian descent ⓘ |
| usedInDomain |
everyday communication
ⓘ
informal education ⓘ literature ⓘ media ⓘ music ⓘ |
Referenced by (15)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Creole (Mauritius)
this entity surface form:
Mauritian Creoles
subject surface form:
Creole (Mauritius)