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[eng] 1 (National). Statutory national language (1992, Constitution, Articles 33,46,49), used in education. 203,100 in Mauritius, all users. L1 users: 3,100 in Mauritius (Leclerc 2018c). L2 users: 200,000 (Crystal 2003a).

3 (Wider communication)

French

[fra] 3 (Wider communication). De facto national working language. 921,000 in Mauritius, all users. L1 users: 51,000 in Mauritius (Leclerc 2018c). L2 users: 870,000 (2018).

Morisyen

[mfe] 3 (Wider communication). De facto language of national identity. Originated in 1721 in the colonial society in Bourbon and brought to Mauritius. Lingua franca between freed slaves, Indian and Chinese immigrants. 976,000 in Mauritius (Leclerc 2018c). Total users in all countries: 1,027,800.

4 (Educational)

Urdu

[urd] 4 (Educational). 800 in Mauritius (Leclerc 2018c).

5 (Dispersed)

Bhojpuri

[bho] 5* (Dispersed). 66,000 in Mauritius (Leclerc 2018c).

Chinese, Mandarin

[cmn] 5* (Dispersed). 20,200 in Mauritius (Leclerc 2018c).

Punjabi, Eastern

[pan] 5* (Dispersed). 25,000 in Mauritius (Leclerc 2018c).

Tamil

[tam] 5* (Dispersed). 1,100 in Mauritius (Leclerc 2018c).

5 (Developing)

Mauritian Sign Language

[lsy] 5 (Developing). 1,000 (2021 DBS/DOOR/SIL). Estimated, assuming 0.1% of total population.

Unestablished

Bengali

[ben] Unestablished. 6,660 in Mauritius (Leclerc 2018c).

Chinese, Hakka

[hak] Unestablished. 4,100 in Mauritius (Leclerc 2018c).

Gujarati

[guj] Unestablished. 2,000 in Mauritius (Leclerc 2018c).

Hindi

[hin] Unestablished. 36,000 in Mauritius (Leclerc 2018c).

Malagasy

[plt] Unestablished. 1,300 in Mauritius (Leclerc 2018c).

Marathi

[mar] Unestablished. 17,000 in Mauritius (Leclerc 2018c).

Telugu

[tel] Unestablished. 19,000 in Mauritius (Leclerc 2018c).

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