Mauritius

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English

[eng] 1 (National). Statutory national language (1992, Constitution, Articles 33,46,49), used in education. 2,000 in Mauritius (Crystal 2003).

French

[fra] 3 (Wider communication). De facto national working language. 37,000 in Mauritius.

Tamil

[tam] 4 (Educational). 31,000 in Mauritius (Johnstone and Mandryk 2001).

Urdu

[urd] 5 (Dispersed). 64,000 in Mauritius (Johnstone 1993).

Bhojpuri

[bho] 5 (Developing). 336,000 in Mauritius (Johnstone and Mandryk 2001).

Morisyen

[mfe] 5 (Developing). De facto language of national identity. 800,000 in Mauritius (2005). Population total all countries: 806,000.

Mauritian Sign Language

[lsy] 6a (Vigorous).