Réunion Creole French
Réunion Creole French is an Indo-European language spoken in Réunion, by about 600 thousand people.
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Réunion Creole, or Reunionese Creole (Reunionese Creole: kréol rénioné or kréol rényoné; French: créole réunionnais), is a French-based creole language spoken on Réunion. It is derived mainly from French and includes terms from Malagasy, Hindi, Portuguese, Gujarati and Tamil. In recent years, there has been an effort to develop a spelling dictionary and grammar rules. Partly because of the lack of an official orthography but also because schools are taught in French, Réunion Creole is rarely written. Notably, two translations of the French comic Asterix have been published. It is now the native language of 90% of the island's population.
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Words in Réunion Creole French
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| woman | fanm | |
| friend | zami | |
| ear | zorèy | |
| nose | né | |
| tooth | dan | |
| hand | min | |
| heart | kèr | |
| head | tèt | |
| blood | san | |
| bone | zo | |
| skin | po | |
| knee | zonou | |
| water | lo | |
| fire | fé | |
| star | zétoil | |
| wind | van | |
| sea | mèr | |
| night | nuit | |
| dog | sien | |
| cat | sat | |
| fish | poison | |
| bird | zoizo | |
| one | inn | |
| two | dé | |
| three | troi | |
| four | kat | |
| five | sink | |
| ten | dis | |
| hundred | san | |
| I | moin |
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
- HaitianIndo-European65% alike
- Guadeloupe-Martinique Creole FrenchIndo-European61% alike
- FrenchIndo-European54% alike
- Seselwa Creole FrenchIndo-European54% alike
- Uaçá Creole FrenchIndo-European53% alike
- MorisyenIndo-European53% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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Elsewhere
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