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Chagossian creole

Spoken language
Chagossian creole is a French-based creole that was still spoken in 1994 by the 1,800 or so Chagossians, the former inhabitants of the Chagos Archipelago evicted in the early 1970s. Ilwa is a variety of Mauritian Creole with influences from... Wikipedia
Language family: French Creole > Bourbonnais Creoles > Mauritian Creole > Chagossian Creole
Native speakers: (1,800 cited 1994)
Native to: Mauritius, Seychelles