Chagossian Creole

Kasstan, J., Allen, P., Nellan, P. and Sheehan, M. 2024. Chagossian Creole. Language Documentation and Description.

TitleChagossian Creole
TypeJournal article
AuthorsKasstan, J., Allen, P., Nellan, P. and Sheehan, M.
Abstract

Chagossian Creole is a French-lexified Indian Ocean creole spoken originally by the indigenous population of the Chagos Archipelago. Between 1965-1973, the British government forcibly displaced the entire population of the archipelago to Mauritius and the Seychelles. Many Chagossians have since migrated to, or have grown up in parts of the UK when they gained citizenship in 2002. The Chagossian case is exceptional in that all Chagossians now speak Creole as a heritage language, far removed from their native shores, and dislocated from a traditional sociocultural base. There is scant published research available on Chagossian Creole lexicon, structure or practice, including on basic questions such as the extent to which their creole is now structurally/lexically aligned with its contact varieties; the extent to which their creole is intergenerationally transmitted; or how speakers now perceive or use Chagossian Creole. This dearth of research complicates the task of responding to the Chagossian community’s own articulated goals relating to language. This paper serves as the basis to build a community-based research agenda for Chagossian Creole.

KeywordsChagossian Creole
kreol sagosien
ilois
French-lexified creoles
Indian Ocean creoles
JournalLanguage Documentation and Description
ISSN2756-1224
Year2024
PublisherAperio Press
Publisher's version
License
CC BY-NC 4.0
File Access Level
Open (open metadata and files)
ProjectTowards safeguarding Chagossian Creole: Understanding how language attitudes and ideologies shape practice in exile and exodus
FunderBritish Academy

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