Editing Creole peoples (section)

===Indian Ocean===
[[File:Seychelles Creole Festival Victoria.jpg|thumb|right|Women at the Seychelles Creole Festival in [[Victoria, Seychelles|Victoria]] celebrate their heritage.]]
{{Main|Mauritian Creole people|Seychellois Creole people}}
{{See also|Mauritian Creole |Réunion Creole|Seychellois Creole}}

The usage of creole in the islands of the southwest of the Indian Ocean varies according to the island. In [[Mauritius]], Mauritian Creoles will be identified based on both ethnicity and religion. Mauritian Creoles being either [[people of color|people]] who are of Mauritian ancestry or those who are both racially mixed and Christian. The Mauritian Constitution identifies four communities namely, Hindu, Muslim, Chinese and the General Population. Creoles are included in the General Population category along with white Christians.

The term also indicates the same to the people of [[Seychelles]]. On [[Réunion]] the term creole applies to all people born on the island.<ref name="chaudenson"/>

In all three societies, creole also refers to the new [[French-based creole languages|languages derived from French]] and incorporating other languages.