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Number of posts : 63 Age : 32 Registration date : 2010-10-01
| Subject: Language aaa Sun Oct 31, 2010 3:30 pm | |
| The Mauritian Constitution makes no mention of an official language and its one million citizens speak Mauritian Creole, a French-based creole, English and French, and an ethnic language; either hindi, urdu, tamil or mandarin. It is only in the Parliament that the official language is English but any member of the National Assembly can still address the chair in French.[1][29] However, English is generally accepted as the official language of Mauritius and as the language of government administration, the courts and business. The lingua franca is Creole.[7] In Mauritius, people switch languages according to the situation.[30] French and English, which have long enjoyed greater social status, are favored in educational and professional settings.[30] Also, most newspapers and media communications are in French.[31] Mauritian Créole, which is spoken by the majority of the population, is considered to be the native language of the country and is used most often in informal settings.[30] It was developed in the 18th century by slaves who used a pidgin language to communicate with each other as well as with their French masters, who did not understand the various African languages. The pidgin evolved with later generations to become a casual language.[31] Mauritian Creole is a French-based creole due to its close ties with French pronunciation and vocabulary.[32] Other languages spoken in Mauritius include Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Marathi, Urdu, Hakka (a Chinese dialect), Gujarati and Bhojpuri which is an amalgamation of several Indian dialects spoken by the early Indian settlers.[7] Most Mauritians are at least bilingual, if not trilingual live resultsonline poker | |
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Number of posts : 3 Age : 39 Registration date : 2010-11-03
| Subject: Re: Language aaa Wed Nov 03, 2010 8:49 pm | |
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