title: Bourbonnais Creole
text: # Bourbonnais Creole
  
  Bourbonnais Creole is the group of French-based creole languages spoken in the western Indian Ocean. The close relation of the languages is from the similar historical and cultural backgrounds of the islands. The name is derived from the former name of Réunion Island: Bourbon Island before 1793. Another name is Mascarene Creole, as the predominant island group is called the Mascarenes.
  
  There are six languages in this group:
  
  * Agalega Creole
  * Chagossian Creole
  * Mauritian Creole
  * Réunion Creole
  * Rodriguan Creole
  * Seychellois Creole
  