Codes and Frequencies
Code | Label |
maurit
2011
|
---|---|---|
10 | Creole | 66,597 |
18 | Creole and French | 64 |
19 | Creole and other languages | 58 |
20 | Bhojpuri | 39,593 |
21 | Bhojpuri and Creole | 114 |
29 | Bhojpuri and other languages | 42 |
31 | Bengali | 352 |
32 | Gujrati | 212 |
33 | Hindi | 3,642 |
34 | Marathi | 1,328 |
36 | Tamil | 3,490 |
37 | Telugu | 1,393 |
38 | Urdu | 1,674 |
39 | Other Indian or mixed Indian languages | 87 |
51 | Chinese | 705 |
52 | Cantonese | 42 |
53 | Hakka | 580 |
54 | Mandarin | 173 |
59 | Other Chinese or mixed Chinese languages | 57 |
61 | Arabic | 36 |
62 | Bangla | 366 |
63 | Singhala | 65 |
71 | English | 271 |
72 | French | 3,119 |
81 | German | 26 |
Code | Label |
maurit
2011
|
89 | Other European or mixed European languages | 75 |
93 | Malagasy | 164 |
98 | Other languages | 69 |
99 | Unknown | 1,938 |
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Description
This variable indicates the person's first response for their language of their forefathers and ancestors.
Universe
- Mauritius 2011: All persons
Availability
- Mauritius: 2011
Questionnaire Text
P18. Languages of forefathers
_____ (i)
_____ (ii)
P17, P18 and P19 - Religion, languages of forefathers and language usually spoken
These questions together with others help to determine the size and geographical distribution of different religious and socio-cultural groups. The information is useful to both public and private institutions in the planning of facilities for the religious and socio-cultural development of the different components of the population.
8. How to fill in the Population Census Questionnaire
P18 -Languages of forefathers
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Write the language spoken by the person's ancestors. It does not matter whether the person himself/herself speaks the language or not.
If the language of the paternal ancestors is different from that of the maternal ancestors, write both as provision has been made for inclusion of 2 languages of forefathers.
Integrated variables
- None