Languages of Mauritius
| Languages of Mauritius | |
|---|---|
Arabic language | |
| Signed | Mauritian Sign Language |
| Keyboard layout | |
The Constitution of the Republic of Mauritius does not mention any official language. The Constitution contains one statement in Article 49 that states that "the official language of the Assembly shall be English but any member may address the chair in French" which indicate that English and French are official languages of the National Assembly (parliament) only.
While the lingua franca is Mauritian Creole, French is spoken by a majority of Mauritians while English is used in Government and education.
La Francophonie
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Other languages spoken in Mauritius mainly include
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.
See also
- Demographics of Mauritius
- African English
- African French
- Linguistic variety in Mauritius
References
- ^ https://statsmauritius.govmu.org/Documents/Statistics/ESI/2022/EI1687/2022%20Population%20Census_Main%20Results_18112022.pdf
- ^ "Coexistence International at Brandeis University" (PDF). Retrieved 2010-07-04.
- ^ (in French) La Francophonie dans le monde 2006–2007 published by the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie. Nathan Archived 2018-01-14 at the Wayback Machine, Paris, 2007.