| (documentation ReunionCreoleFrenchLanguage EnglishLanguage "The ReunionCreoleFrenchLanguage is a FrenchBasedCreoleLanguage of Reunion. SIL code: RCF. ISO 639-2: cpf. Population: 554,500 in Reunion (1987 estimate), or 91% of the population (1982 Barrett). Population total all countries: 595,000. Region: Also spoken in Comoros Islands, Madagascar. Comments: Two dialects - urban and popular, the former is closer to French, the latter more similar to Bantu and West African languages. Education is in French. 25% of the speakers are white, poor, living in the mountainous interior, and speak archaic highland varieties. 25% are Indian, live in the coastal lowlands, and speak the basilect or deep creole. 45% are African and mixed, live in the coastal lowlands, and speak the basilect. The creole is gaining status on Reunion. Dictionary. Sugar, perfume production.(extract from http:/ / www.ethnologue.com/ )") |
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