Found roughly 2,000 kilometers off the southeastern coast of Madagascar is the Republic of Mauritius, an island nation loved for its beautiful beaches and breathtaking coral reef. Roughly 1.2 million people call these picturesque islands home, with Mauritians having developed their own unique culture and identity after only 500 years of human inhabitation on the islands. The island is ethnically diverse, with inhabitants tracing their lineages back to different parts of the world, and the language, Mauritian Creole, is also uniquely Mauritian.
Mauritian Creole is the native language of nearly all Mauritians, with nearly 1.1 million native speakers recorded in 2016, plus an additional 200,000 or so second-language speakers. Since Mauritian Creole is the lingua franca of the island nation, used in everyday communications at home and in the community, it’s extremely important to Mauritian society, even if it’s overshadowed by English and French in official or formal contexts. This has led to a dearth of translation services for Mauritian Creole, even though it’s arguably the most important language in the country. That’s why we at TranslationServices.com are proud to debut our new translation services for Mauritian Creole.
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Mauritian Creole: a unique language for a unique nation
Mauritian Creole, also known as Morisien (formerly spelled Morisyen), isn’t like most other languages in the world. Mauritius was settled in the early 1700s by French explorers, who brought large numbers of slaves from nearby Madagascar and continental Africa, and when the British later overtook the islands and eventually abolished slavery, they brought scores of indentured servants from India to replace the freed slaves. With people from so many different linguistic backgrounds all living together, a new language naturally arose—one based on French but with elements and influences from various African and Indian languages.
Mauritian Creole’s grammar is similar to that of French, but it diverges in significant ways. For example, Mauritian Creole has eliminated both grammatical gender and plural noun forms, denoting plurality by placing the particle bann before the noun in question. Mauritian Creole has even removed gender from the third-person pronoun, with li meaning “he,” “she,” “it,” “him,” “his,” “her,” or “hers,” depending on the context. Additionally, the language has no verbal conjugation—tense is determined by particles placed before the noun, similar to plural nouns. Clearly, a French translator isn’t fit for a Mauritian Creole translation job—which is why you should work with our native-speaking Mauritian Creole translators instead.
Providing Mauritian Creole translation services for all contexts
Whatever you may require Mauritian Creole translation services for, we’d love to support you. That’s what we’ve built our large and robust Mauritian Creole translation team for, composed of skilled and passionate Mauritian Creole translators from all across the African island nation. We translate various dialects of the language, including Agalega, Chagossian, and Rodriguan, so simply make a request if you’re looking for a dialectical form of the language. Our translation team covers projects both to and from Mauritian Creole, covering a wide range of translation needs.
If you’d like a specific type of translation services—such as academic translation, business translation, literary translation, or localization services—we’re delighted to announce that we have translators experienced in all of these domains. Whether you’re looking for Mauritian Creole translation services for a research questionnaire or lesson materials, a financial report or ad copy, a traditional tale or modern novel, or a website or mobile app, we have the specialists right for your particular needs. Since many of our translators are also familiar with different subject matters, you can also request an expert to handle esoteric language in your document.
Our native-speaking Mauritian Creole translators are ready to tackle your project—so why not place an order today?