mauritian
Collocations
4ADJ.
common, semicreole, typical
VERB + MAURITIAN
argue
MAURITIAN + NOUN
creole, plantation, product, pronunciation
ADV.
also
Definitions
adj
Of, from, or pertaining to Mauritius, its people, or their language or culture.
One of the official languages of Mauritius is Mauritian Creole.
noun
A person from Mauritius or of Mauritian descent.
Like the Irish, the Mauritians were alien to the English in race, culture and religion.
name
Mauritian Creole.
However, Baker (pc) notes that limero is also a common Mauritian pronunciation.
The are two perspectives on the relationship between Réunionnais, a semicreole, and Mauritian, a typical plantation creole. Baker and Corne (1982) argue that […] Mauritian is the product of a break in the transmission of French, […]
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adjective — of or related to the island or country of Mauritius or its i
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5One of the official languages of Mauritius is Mauritian Creole.
WiktionaryLike the Irish, the Mauritians were alien to the English in race, culture and religion.
WiktionaryHowever, Baker (pc) notes that limero is also a common Mauritian pronunciation.
WiktionaryThe are two perspectives on the relationship between Réunionnais, a semicreole, and Mauritian, a typical plantation creole. Baker and Corne (1982) argue that […] Mauritian is the product of a break in
Wiktionary2001, Robert Chaudenson, Salikoko S. Mufwene, and Sheri Pargman, Creolization of Language and Culture (English edition of Robert Chaudenson, Des îles, des hommes, des langues), Routledge, →ISBN, page
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