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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Creole-Mauritians of Mauritius

The Creole-Mauritians of Mauritius, numbering approximately 276,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are described as a people descended from enslaved Africans brought mainly from Mozambique and Madagascar to work Mauritius's plantation economy from 1715, who developed Morisyen creole in the 1700s, retaining Afro-Malagasy traditions in music, cuisine, and spirituality They are an Indigenous people, with Mauritian Creole as their ethnic/kinship group and are in the Other Sub-Saharan African people cluster of the Sub-Saharan African Peoples. Their primary religion is Roman Catholicism. They primarily speak Morisyen.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 2.5 Flash: Creole-Mauritian

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Mauritius
People Cluster: Other Sub-Saharan African
Primary Language(s): Morisyen (mfe)
Primary Religion(s): Roman Catholicism
Population: 276,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 5% or Greater but Less than 10% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG015360
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Roman Catholicism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

66%
%
Roman Catholicism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Morisyen
Language Family: Indo-European

100%
%
Morisyen Speakers

Media Resources in Morisyen:

Films:
TitleLink
JESUSView Film

1 film

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Bible Resources in Morisyen:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
Nouvo Testaman Dan Kreol Morisien✓✓✓

1 entry

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Morisyen bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Creole-Mauritians are No Longer Unreached, which means there are more than 2% evangelical Christian populations and there are churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice. There is still more to be done among them.

Next steps for the Creole-Mauritians:
Empower local believers to begin praying for their own people
Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting
Encourage local leaders to being leading church planting strategy and looking for Unreached and Unengaged groups nearby

Pray specifically for the Creole-Mauritians of Mauritius

My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
readPsalm 73:26

Pray that those who are lost and struggling to find hope will find their strength and hope in God, recognizing Him as their portion and deliverer forever.

For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, who gave himself as a ransom for all, which is the testimony given at the proper time.
read1 Timothy 2:5-6

Pray for the truth about Jesus Christ to spread among the lost so that many will accept His ransom for their sin and experience freedom in a relationship with Him.

For the LORD, the Most High, is to be feared, a great king over all the earth.
readPsalm 47:2

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will exalt the Lord, recognizing His reign over the nations and His sovereignty over all things.

For great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised; he is to be feared above all gods.
readPsalm 96:4

Pray that God will raise up believers to declare His glory among the lost, so that they may know that He is great and greatly to be praised, that He is exalted above all gods.

Mauritian Creole Across Countries (ROP3 - 103998) reported in the following countries:

Strategic Progress Index
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4 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDName ▼CountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
MauritiansPG000661MauritiansUnited Kingdom26,500Engaged yet UnreachedMorisyenProtestantism
MauritiansPG042477MauritiansFrance1,000Unengaged and UnreachedMorisyenHinduism
MauritiansPG047472MauritiansCanada11,500No Longer UnreachedMorisyenProtestantism
Creole-MauritiansPG015360Creole-MauritiansMauritius276,000No Longer UnreachedMorisyenRoman Catholicism

To download a comprehensive people group list in spreadsheet form, visit our Research Data page.

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