MAURITIUS

Glory to thee, Motherland,

O motherland of mine.

Sweet is thy beauty,

Sweet is thy fragrance,

Around thee we gather

As one people,

As one nation,

In peace, justice and liberty.

Beloved country, may God bless

thee

For ever and ever.

Languages in Mauritius have come into contact to form the

creole that most of the population uses to communicate. For

very long English has been the official language and used in

parliament and schools. This was their dominant language

policy. However, recently there has been signs of a change. A

proposed movement towards using the language in parliament

and schools.

. The national or official languages of Mauritius are; English and French. Minority languages are present, being brought by immigrant

groups. These include; Eastern Punjabi spoken by 26000, Gujrati spoken by 3340, Hakka Chinese spoken by 35000, Mandarin

Chinese, Marathi spoken by 11800, Telugu spoken by 10700 and Yue Chinese. Bhojpuri is spoken by 336000 persons, English by

3000, French by 37000, Morisyen by 800000, Tamil 31000 and Urdu by 64000

LANGUAGES OF MAURITIUS

Samosas - Samosas are little pasties traditionally filled with spicy mashed potatoes.

Alternatively you can get them also filled with fish, chicken or cheese.

Gateaux piments - Chili cakes

Gateaux bringelles - Egg plant cakes

Vindaye - Vindaye is a kind of a pickled meat, eaten with bread or rice

Gateaux pomme de terre - Potato cakes

Batons fromages - Cheese sticks

Farata (paratha)

Bulettes - Bulette descends from the Chinese cuisine - they are steamed balls made out

of meet, chicken, tofu or vegetables which are served in a clear stock with fresh chives

Gâteaux piment - Gateau piments are also known as chili balls - they are little fried spicy

peas-lenses balls

Ladou (these are also small cookies consisting of besan gram flour, grated

coconut, almonds, butter, nutmeg and sugar). The mixture gets cooked and afterwards

shaped into small balls