Mauritian Creole

Spoken in

• Creole languages French based Bourbonnais Creole Morisyen

Cpf ( collective language code)

Morisyen is the French- based Creole in Mauritius.

80.5 % of the population ( census 2000), about a million people who speak Morisyen as their mother tongue. The rest of the population of Mauritius speaks Morisyen as a second or lingua franca.

Morisyen is with the creole languages ​​of the Seychelles ( Seselwa ) and closely related Réunion and therefore belongs to the family of Bourbonnais Creole. Typical is the substitution of voiceless and voiced sch by the corresponding s- sound. The sounds ö and ü are unrounded, ie e and i, the nasalization is maintained.

Speech sample

As a voice sample here may be cited the Lord's Prayer:

Fer rekonet ki to nom sin, Fer ki to regn vini, Fer to volonte akompli, Lor la terre koman dan le fell. Donn nou azordi di pin ki nou bizin. Pardonn - nou nou spell ofans, Koman nou osi pardonn le zot ki fin ofans nou. Pa less nou tom dan tentation Me tir -nu depi Lemal.

Que ton nom soit sanctifié; que ton règne vienne; que soit faite ta volonté sur la terre comme au ciel. Donne - nous aujourd'hui notre pain quotidien; pardonne - nous nos offenses, comme nous nous aussi à ceux pardonnons qui nous ont Offenses; ne nous induis pas de tentation, corn Delivre - nous du malin.