Mauritian

mauritian English Etymology en :af Mauritius -an + 1 Pronunciation en en Adjective - Of, from, or pertaining to Mauritius, its people, or their language or culture. en One of the official languages of Mauritius is Mauritian Creole. Derived terms en Mauritianize Mauritian Creole Mauritianness Translations of, from, or pertaining to Mauritius, its people, or their language or culture Afrikaans: af Mauritiaans Belarusian: be маўрыкі́йскі, be маўрыцы́йскі Taraškievica Bengali: bn মরিশাসীয় môriśasiẏô Catalan: ca mauricià Czech: cs mauricijský Finnish: fi mauritiuslainen French: fr mauricien Galician: gl mauriciano German: de mauritisch Greek: el μαυρικιανός Haitian Creole: ht morisyen m, ht morisyèn f Italian: it mauriziano Mauritian Creole: mfe morisien m, mfe morisienn f Norwegian: Bokmål: nb mauritisk Nynorsk: nn mauritisk Polish: pl maurytyjski m Romanian: ro mauritian Russian: ru маврики́йский Spanish: es mauriciano Swahili: sw Kimorisi Swedish: sv mauritisk Ukrainian: uk маврикі́йський Noun A person from Mauritius or of Mauritian descent. en 1964 James Pope-Hennessy Verandah: Some Episodes in the Crown Colonies: 1867-1889 G. Allen and Unwin http://books.google.com/books?id=peqFAAAAIAAJ&q=the+Mauritians&dq=the+Mauritians&pgis=1 258 Like the Irish, the Mauritians were alien to the English in race, culture and religion. Translations person from Mauritius or of Mauritian descent Afrikaans: af Mauritiër, af Mauritiaan Bengali: bn মরিশাসী môriśasī Catalan: ca mauricià m, ca mauriciana f Corsican: co maurizianu m, co mauriziana f Czech: cs Mauricijec m Esperanto: eo maŭrico man or woman, eo maŭricino woman Finnish: fi mauritiuslainen French: fr Mauricien m, fr Mauricienne f Galician: gl mauriciano m, gl mauriciana f German: de Mauritier m, de Mauritierin f Greek: el Μαυρικιανός m Haitian Creole: ht morisyen m, ht morisyèn f Italian: it mauriziano m, it mauriziana f Mauritian Creole: mfe morisien m, mfe morisienn f, mfe morisyen m, mfe morisyenn f Norwegian: Bokmål: nb mauritier m Nynorsk: nn mauritiar m Occitan: oc maurician m, oc mauriciana f Polish: pl Maurytyjczyk m, pl Maurytyjka f Romanian: ro mauritian m, ro mauritiană f Russian: ru маврики́ец m, ru маврики́йка f Sardinian: sc maurìtzianu m, sc maurìtziana f Spanish: es mauriciano m Swahili: sw Mmorisi Swedish: sv mauritier c Proper noun Mauritian Creole. en 1989 John A. Holm Pidgins and Creoles: Reference Survey Cambridge University Press 0521359406 401 However, Baker (pc) notes that limero is also a common Mauritian pronunciation. en 2000 John H. McWhorter The Missing Spanish Creoles: Recovering the Birth of Plantation Contact Languages 187–188 University of California Press 978-0-520-21999-1 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, 2001, 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, 9780415145930, page 47, Much later, Richardson (1963) posits a theory very similar to Jespersen’s, claiming that the [grammatical] system of Mauritian has resulted from the contact of very different systems (French, Malagasy, and Bantu), which allegedly could not merge together because of excessive heterogeneity, but neutralized each other instead. Translations Mauritian Creole en Nationalities