Appendix:Mauritian Creole pronunciation

The phonemes of Mauritian Creole are very similar to that of Standard French. However, French /ʃ/ and /ʒ/ have respectively depalatalized to /s/ and /z/ in Mauritian, and the front vowels /y/ and /ø/ have respectively been unrounded to /i/ and /e/.

Consonants IPA Examples English approximation b bagaz bird d defo den dʒ diber, gajak jam f fer fair ɡ gete good h horni hut k kontan skill l let little m miray man n nimero, bann name ɲ segner roughly like canyon ŋ long feeling p partaz speed ʁ reklam roughly like loch (Scottish English) but voiced, like "gh" in Scottish Gaelic ɾ maharani rapture (r may be trilled) s sez see ʃ shopping, rasion shine t tolere still tʃ chombo, tini choose v via view z zero zoo ʒ rezion, bej measure Semivowels j yer, interier, stasion, vizion, montagn, lay yes w wi, trwa, piaw will

Vowels Oral vowels IPA Examples English approximation a adilt, desann applicant e editer, kriye hey ɛ problem, bej, lantenn left ə maja, tann, minimum again i li, finn bee ø volimine closely like bird o soz go (Scottish English) u ou, tou too ʌ brushing bus y ju no English equivalent; similar to bee but with rounded lips Long vowels and diphthongs ɑː bar far (British English) ɛː frer, alert hair (British English) iːə mezir roughly like near (British English) oː for, ortograf more (British English) uːə zour closely like moor (British English) Nasal vowels ã kanpagn No English equivalent; nasalized [a] ɑ̃ sante No English equivalent; nasalized [ɑ] ɛ̃ sink, lendi No English equivalent; nasalized [ɛ] ɔ̃ non No English equivalent; nasalized [o]