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Around 12.4 percent of Indo-Mauritians are Tamils. Tamils make up 6 percent of the island's total population of around 1.3 million accounting for around 78,000 people. As per Mauritian social conventions, the "Tamil", "Marathi" and "Telugu" appelations are strictly reserved for members of these respective ethno-linguistic groups who still practice Hinduism.
Mauritian Tamil politicians (4 P) Pages in category "Mauritian people of Tamil descent" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total.
The mother tongue of almost all Mauritians is the Mauritian Creole, while a minority of Indo-Mauritians still use both their ancestral language and Creole at home. Indo-Mauritian use their ancestral languages mostly in religious activities, some of them include Bhojpuri, Tamil, Hindi, Marathi, Telugu and Urdu.
Due the presence of Mauritians of Indian and Chinese descent, Asian languages, which include Bhojpuri, Hindi, Mandarin, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu, and Urdu, are commonly spoken. [1] Most of these languages act as significant religious and ethnic identity markers. [ 1 ]
There are many Tamil loanwords in other languages.The Tamil language, primarily spoken in southern India and Sri Lanka, has produced loanwords in many different languages, including Ancient Greek, Biblical Hebrew, English, Malay, native languages of Indonesia, Mauritian Creole, Tagalog, Russian, and Sinhala and Dhivehi.
Mauritian Maroons; T. Tamil diaspora This page was last edited on 8 June 2023, at 17:26 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution ...
Pages in category "Mauritian Tamil politicians" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Pages in category "Tamil diaspora by country" ... Tamil Malaysians; Tamil Mauritians; Myanmar Tamils; N. Tamil New Zealanders; P. Tamils in Pakistan; S. Tamil South ...