Meanings
- Synonym of Mauritian Creole; a French-based creole language spoken in Mauritius.
69% of poulation is from India but some speak Urdu, Tamil, or Morisyen
1992, Richard S. Pittman, Joseph E. Grimes, editors, Ethnologue, 12th edition, Dallas, Texas: Summer Institue of Linguistcs, via Internet Archive, →ISBN, page 3042 more examples
I saw Carmencita. I called her. She replied, in Morisyen, in only one composite, writhing exclamation[.]
2005, Farhad Abdool Kader Sulliman Khoyratty, “Compass – Or How Grandpa Conquered the West”, in African Compass: New writing from southern Africa, Spearhead, via Internet Archive, →ISBN, page 15Furthermore, the claim that they lack a conventional language model is at odds with the fact that Seselwa and Morisyen became full-fledged languages in the late 1700s[.]
2014 June 29, Anand Syea, “Adult input and children’s acquisition of Creole syntax”, in English Today, volume 30, number 2, Cambridge University Press, →DOI, →ISSN, page 61Synonyms: Mauritian Creole
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounSynonym of Mauritian Creole; a French-based creole language spoken in Mauritius.
Origin
- Frenchmauricien
- Mauritian Creolemorisyen
- EnglishMorisyen
From Mauritian Creole morisyen, from French mauricien. Doublet of Mauritian.
More words from Mauritian Creole, French
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
Morisyen. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Morisyen
“Morisyen.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Morisyen. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Morisyen,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Morisyen.
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