Languages of Mayotte
See language map.Mayotte. 186,026. National or official language: French. A French departmental collectivity. Literacy rate: 32%–58.4%. The number of individual languages listed for Mayotte is 4. Of those, all are living languages.
| Bushi | [buc]
39,000 (2001).
Alternate names: Antalaotra, Kibuki, Kibushi, Sakalava, Shibushi, Shibushi Shimaore.
Dialects: Kibushi-Kimaore, Kiantalaotse.
Classification: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Greater Barito, East, Malagasy
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| French | [fra]
2,450 in Mayotte (Johnstone 1993).
Classification: Indo-European, Italic, Romance, Italo-Western, Western, Gallo-Iberian, Gallo-Romance, Gallo-Rhaetian, Oïl, French
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| Maore | [swb]
92,800 in Mayotte (Johnstone 1993). Population total all countries: 97,900. Also in Madagascar, Réunion, Swaziland.
Alternate names: Comores Swahili, Comorian, Comoro, Komoro, Maore Comorian, Shimaore.
Classification: Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Narrow Bantu, Central, G, Swahili (G.40)
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| Swahili | [swh]
2,740 in Mayotte (Johnstone 1993).
Classification: Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Narrow Bantu, Central, G, Swahili (G.40)
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