Bourbonnais Creole

Bourbonnais Creole
Bourbonnais Creole
Geographic; distribution	Indian Ocean
Native speakers	(undated figure of ~2,000,000[citation needed])
Linguistic classification	French Creole Bourbonnais Creole;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
Glottolog	None; isle1246 (Mauritian–Seselwa); reun1238 (Réunion)

Geographic
distributionIndian Ocean

Native speakers

(undated figure of ~2,000,000^{[citation needed]})

Linguistic classificationFrench Creole

Bourbonnais Creole

ISO 639-3–

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:

v t e French-based creole languages and pidgins by continent
Africa	Burundi Pidgin Nouchi Petit Mauresque Petit nègre
Americas	Antillean Dominican Grenadian Guadeloupe Martinican Saint Lucian Haitian Louisiana Guianese Karipúna Lanc-Patuá Michif Belle Isle
Asia	Tây Bồi
Indian Ocean	Bourbonnais Agalega Chagossian Mauritian Réunion Rodriguan Seychellois
Oceania	Tayo

Bourbonnais Creole
Geographic distribution	Indian Ocean
Native speakers	(undated figure of ~2,000,000^{[citation needed]})
Linguistic classification	French Creole Bourbonnais Creole
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
Glottolog	None `isle1246` (Mauritian–Seselwa) `reun1238` (Réunion)

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