A STUDY OF AN ETHNOLINGUISTIC PARASTATAL ORGANIZATION IN MAURITIUS: THE CASE OF TAMIL SPEAKING UNION
Authors:
Dr. Jeevendiren Chemen
Abstract:
Mauritius is a multiethnic country where a number of organizations have been set up by different ethnic groups and the government of Mauritius to maintain and promote different linguistic, cultural and religious practices. To promote linguistic issues, eight speaking unions have been set up by the government of Mauritius in the interest of Bhojpuri, Chinese, Creole, English, Hindi, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu and Urdu languages. Some of these unions exist for almost two decades. This paper attempts to understand the functions of these unions by studying in depth one specific speaking union, namely the Tamil speaking union, from 2011 to 2015. Document analysis and interviews have been mainly used to carry out this study. The results are presented in the form of literature, tables and figures.