4 Easy Ways to Say "Hi / Hello" in Mauritian Creole

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My Mauritian friend told me there are at least four super simple ways to greet somebody in Creole but I'm struggling with the pronunciation, can you help?

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gices Level 6

Let's say you're answering a telephone call, you'd go with "alo" which you'll pronounce as ah-low in English.

Most of the time when enquiring, for example about your billing invoice, the utilities company operator would answer with "Alo wi bonzour" which is a polite way of saying "Yes, hello and good morning".

On the other hand, if you were to call a friend of yours, he would probably respond with a casual "Alo weh, ki p dir" translating to "Hey, what's up?".

As you probably know, Mauritians use mainly Creole/French in spoken conversations in daily life. Therefore it is not uncommon to hear them greet people with "Salut" which is French for "Hi".