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Other languages spoken in Mauritius mainly include Bhojpuri, Tamil, Telugu, Hindi-Urdu, Arabic language and Chinese. The Mauritian Sign Language is the language of the deaf community. Most Mauritians are at least bilingual, if not trilingual or quadrilingual.
Mauritian Creole is the lingua franca of the Republic of Mauritius, which gained independence from the United Kingdom in 1968. Both English and French are used as alternatives to Mauritian Creole. English is spoken primarily for administration and educational purposes and French is used by the media and as a second language.
Mauritius, an island located in the Indian Ocean and eastward from Africa, is a multiethnic and multilingual country in which a great number of languages are known and spoken. The Mauritians are strongly interested in international languages to favour international trade and to crave out their niche in the world.
The French based local language known as Mauritian Creole is also the most commonly used local language in Mauritius and is unique to the island, having evolved from its development and use in the creole community of Mauritius at the time of slavery and prior to the arrival of indentured labourers from India. [12]
Picture from the 1950s of the Central Market, Port Louis, Mauritius. The main languages spoken in Mauritius are English, French, Mauritian Creole, and Bhojpuri. [22] There is no official language. English is the official language of the parliament, though French is also permitted.
The following ancestral languages, also spoken in Mauritius, have received official recognition by acts of parliament: [177] Bhojpuri, [178] Chinese, [179] Hindi, [180] Marathi, [181] Sanskrit, [182] Tamil, [183] Telugu [184] and Urdu. [185] Bhojpuri, once widely spoken as a mother tongue, has become less commonly spoken over the years ...
While kreol morisien (Mauritian Creole) is the most spoken language on in Mauritius, most of the literature is written in French, although many authors write in English, Bhojpuri, and Morisien (Mauritian Creole), and others such as Abhimanyu Unnuth in Hindi. Mauritius's renowned playwright Dev Virahsawmy writes exclusively in Morisyen.
49 languages. Afrikaans; Anarâškielâ ... Pages in category "Languages of Mauritius" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total.