Official Languages

Languages spoken here

French (secondary) · French (Quebec) (secondary) · Gujarati (secondary) · Swahili (secondary) · Tamil (secondary)

“Secondary” means a community here speaks it alongside another language. It is not a statement of official or minority-language status.

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Reunion

Peoples

Largest first.

People	Population	Language	Religion
Reunionese Creole	524000	Reunion Creole French	Christianity
Reunionese, French-speaking	186000	French	Christianity
Tamil (Christian traditions)	44000	Tamil	Christianity
Swahili	25000	Swahili	Islam
Gujarati	21000	Gujarati	Hinduism
Han Chinese, Cantonese	14000	Chinese, Yue	Non-Religious
Han Chinese, Hakka	12000	Chinese, Hakka	Non-Religious
Malagasy	12000	Malagasy, Merina	Christianity
Comorian, Ngazidja	4700	Comorian, Ngazidja	Islam
Bantu	4300	Reunion Creole French	Christianity
Comorian, Ndzwani	3600	Comorian, Ndzwani	Islam
French	3500	French	Christianity
Punjabi	3400	Punjabi, Eastern	Hinduism
Han Chinese, Mandarin	3100	Chinese, Mandarin	Non-Religious
Comorian, Mwali	600	Comorian, Mwali	Islam

Languages

13 languages recorded here.

Chinese, Hakka

Chinese, Mandarin

Chinese, Yue

Comorian, Mwali

Comorian, Ndzwani

Comorian, Ngazidja

French

Gujarati

Malagasy, Merina

Punjabi, Eastern

Reunion Creole French

Swahili

Tamil

All catalogue fields

140 fields recorded

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iso3: REU
iso2: RE
ctry: Reunion
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rol3officiallanguage: fra
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harvest_countrynamechinese: 留尼汪
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harvest_countrynameindonesian: Reunion
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harvest_countrynameitalian: Riunione
harvest_countrynameitalianshort: Riunione
harvest_countrynamekorean: 레위니옹
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harvest_countrynamerussian: Реюньон
harvest_countrynamerussianshort: Реюньон
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harvest_areasquarekilometers: 2544
harvest_populationpersquaremile: 770
harvest_countryphonecode: 262
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harvest_editname: BM
harvest_editdate: 09/12/02 00:00:00