Isle de France Creole: Affinities and Origins

appears applies arrived attested Baker born Bourbon Bourbonnais Chaudenson claim clear clearly common Compagnie Completive concerning construction continued copula Corne créole Creole French derived detailed discussed early evidence example existence fact figures final fini France Future Genèse given IdeFC important Indian Ocean indicate influence island Isle de France known languages latter least less lexical items linguistic Lougnon major Malagasies marked marker Mauritius mâze meaning mentioned muê noirs occur origin particles Past period person pidgin population Port possible predicate preposed present reason refer remained respect Reunion Réunionnais rule seems seen semantic sentences shared ship short shown similar situation slaves soldiers speakers structure suggest Table tense term texts theory varieties verb West African