Ethnic group
Ethnic group
Tamil Mauritians|
12.4% of Indo-Mauritians - 6% of the total population (2011 census) |
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Throughout the country, in Indo-Mauritian majority zones |
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Tamil, Mauritian Creole, Bhojpuri, Hindi, English, French |
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Hinduism (As per Mauritian conventions, converts to Christianity join the broader Creole population) |
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Tamil diaspora, Telugu people, Tamil South Africans, Tamil Reunionaise, Tamil Malaysian, Singapore Tamils, Tamil Guyanese, Tamil Trinidadian and Tobagonian, South Indians in Fiji, Dravidians |
Tamil Mauritians are the descendants of Tamil people who migrated, from the South Indian regions corresponding to the modern state of Tamil Nadu, to the island of Mauritius.[1]