Nusrat Bholah Role: Junior Freshman student of Medicine First Language: Mauritian Creole Other Languages: French, English Language: Mauritian Creole (Criól Oileán Mhuirís) Family: Indo-Mauritian Spoken in: Mauritius Speakers: 1.3 million Mo zistwar avek ban langaz koumans dan ene zoli ti zil ki truv 10 000 km pli loin dan losean indien. Zil la apel moris. Mo lexperiens finn ase impresionan mo bizin dir. Depi mo finn ne mo finn expose ar tou kalite langaz. Mo paran inn koz france ar mwa depi toultan. Lekol, ti plito france ki nou ti pe servi memsi nou ti pe aprann tou size en angle. Langaz oficiel dan pei se angle. Poutan, langaz dimoune koze plis dan pei se kreol. Pou konpran sa melanz la, fode ale dan bann sours dan listoir colonization moris ek imigrasion ban dimoune depi ban diferan pei. Kreol finn devlope dan 18em siec ar lesclavaz. Bann langaz aziatik ine vini ar ban komersan Gujrati ek Sinwa avek ban travayer engaze ki finn vinn en mazorite depi Bihar. Zot tou dir nou ene nasion arkansiel. Li vrai. Avek tou kalite dimoune depi diferan lorizinn, kiltir ek relizion. Dan moris, nou pa realize ki sans nou ena. Nou ena ene bon nivo dan france ek angle. Ofai, apre ki nou tie ne coloni france, nou finn vinn ene coloni angle dan lane 1810 apre batay naval Vieux Grand Port ek contra Paris finn signe en 1814. Mo finn gagn locazion voyaz bokou depi mo zenfan ek partou kot mo finn ale, zot tou finn soke par mo facilite pou koz langaz france ek angle extra bien. Dimoune impresione kan mo sanz langaz san mo gagn confizyon. Parfwa arive ki mo pens dan diferan langaz. Zournal, radio ek televizyon montre sa melanz la bien. Mo enn fri de plizir infliens. Mo ban lancet sorti depi lind. Plis depi mo zenfan mo konn lir arab ek mo konpran enn tigit urdu. Lor mo ti zil, ena dimoune enkor koz bann langaz bojpuri, sinwa(mandarin), tamil, hindi, marati, gujrati ek urdu. Li koumadir enn vre melanz me sa bann variete la mem ki fer rises mo pei ek samem ki fer mwa pli kontan pou dir “mo fier mo ene morisyen!” 6
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