How many languages are spoken in Mauritius?

Official Language of Mauritius The Mauritian Constitution makes no mention of an official language and its one million citizens speak English, French, Mauritian Creole, French-based Creole, and ethnic languages such as Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Marathi, Urdu, Tamil or Mandarin.

Is Hindi taught in Mauritius?

Today Hindi is taught in all 63 state secondary schools and most private secondary schools of Mauritius including those run under the Roman Catholic Education Authority. The education system in Mauritius is largely based on the British System since Mauritius was a former British Colony.

What languages are popular in Mauritius?

The most prominent languages you’ll hear on an every day level are Mauritian Creole, French and English. Mauritian Creole is a French-based Creole and estimated to be spoken by around 90\% of the population.

Is English spoken in Mauritius?

English is still the official language of Mauritius, but a large proportion of the population does not speak it at all or has at best a very limited knowledge of it.

Are Mauritians Indian?

A majority of Mauritians are still culturally Indian.

Is Tamil spoken in Mauritius?

The lingua franca is Creole. Other languages spoken in Mauritius mainly include Bhojpuri, Tamil and other Indic languages, like Hindi, Bhojpuri, Telugu and Urdu, and Chinese.

How do you say hello in Mauritius?

These are just some of the very basic Mauritian Creole words to get you started but you can take a far more complex Creole language course to really delight the Mauritians!…Basic Mauritian Creole.

English	Mauritian Creole	Basic Guide to Pronunciation
Hello	Bonzour	bon-zoor
Hi (informal)	Allo	Ah-low
Good evening	Bonswar	bon-swaar

What are the most popular languages in Mauritius?

Most popular Mauritius languages 1 Creole – 86.5\% 2 Bhojpuri – 5.3\% 3 French – 4.1\%

What is the origin of the Mauritian Creole language?

In fact, Creole was created centuries ago by immigrants to Mauritius from different parts of the world. There are a few variants of Creole spoken in the different islands of Mauritius like the Rodriguan Creole, Mauritian Creole, Chagossian Creole, and the Agalega Creole. These variants have little differences among them.

Is Bhojpuri spoken in Mauritius?

However, the majority language and lingua franca of the country is the French-based Mauritian Creole, spoken at home by 86.5\% of the population. Bhojpuri is the second most spoken language in Mauritius, used by 5.3\%. The usage of this language is decreasing day by day.

Will Mauritius ever change its language?

The treaty of capitulation between the French and British stated the people of Mauritius were allowed to keep their language. In any case a piece of paper is unlikely to change the language of a country. Mind you the British tried to make us switch to English.