Bourbonnais Creole
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| Bourbonnais Creole | |
|---|---|
| Geographic distribution | Indian Ocean |
Native speakers | (undated figure of ~2,000,000[citation needed]) |
| Linguistic classification | French Creole
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| Language codes | |
| Glottolog | None isle1246 (Mauritian–Seselwa) reun1238 (Réunion) |
Bourbonnais Creole is the group of French-based creole languages spoken in the western Indian Ocean. The close relation of the languages is from the similar historical and cultural backgrounds of the islands. The name is derived from the former name of Réunion Island: Bourbon Island before 1793. Another name is Mascarene Creole, as the predominant island group is called the Mascarenes.
There are six languages in this group:
- Agalega Creole
- Chagossian Creole
- Mauritian Creole
- Réunion Creole
- Rodriguan Creole
- Seychellois Creole
Bibliography
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- Baker, Philip & Chris Corne (1982). Isle de France Creole: Affinities and origins. Ann Arbor:Karoma.
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- Parkvall, Mikael (2000). Out of Africa: African influences in Atlantic Creoles. London: Battlebridge.[1]
- Wittmann, Henri (1972). Les parlers créoles des Mascareignes: une orientation. Trois-Rivières: Travaux linguistiques de l'Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières 1.[2]
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- Wittmann, Henri & Robert Fournier (1987). "Interprétation diachronique de la morphologie verbale du créole réunionnais." Revue québécoise de linguistique théorique et appliquée 6:2.137-50.[5]