== Laguages spoken in Mauritius == 

 Hullo, 

 Let us settle this once and for all, because it's getting pretty ridiculous 

 1st 
 Arabic is not an ancestral language of Mauritians 
 It is a language used in Islamic liturgy but that's the case across the world, do we need to add Arabic as a vernacular language of France because there's 9% Muslims there? 
 It is not widely taught and mastered, its admission in the language list is superfluous or worse a blattant lie 

 2nd 
 The constitution does not provide for a National Language but by convention English is our national language, by not stating it, we aren't providing valuable information to non Mauritians 

 3rd 
 As far as mother tongues are concerned 

 Mauritian Creole and Bhojpuri to a much lesser degree are the only ones to currently qualify as such 
 But by putting percentages, we are giving the impression that mauritians either speak one or the other and not both as it actually is the case 

 4th 
 The other languages spoken in Mauritius are in decreasing order Hindi, Urdu, Tamil, Mandarin, Telegu and Marathi 
 We can derive these figures from the Mauritius Examinations Board that keeps record of the number of pupils sitting for the different language exams at CPE level 

 What are your views?