History of The Speaker of Mauritius

• 1512 : Portuguese found Mauritius 
• 1598: The Dutch took possession of the Island and named it Mauritius after Maurice of Nascau
• 1715:  The French claimed Mauritius and named it Ile de France
• 1727-1730: The Slave population in Mauritius grew from 30 to 100,000 people. mainly, they come from Madagascar and East Africa 
• 1835: Very many indentured laborers from India came to Mauritius 
• 1865: Descendants of Indian indentured laborers made up 2/3 of the Island's population
• 1865: Mauritius became  a republic within the Commonwealth and became a republic on March 12, 1992.

Maurice of Nascau

 Indenture laborers  contract

Origin of the Language

Mauritian  Creole is a French-based creole . It is a mixture of French, African, Malagasy and Indian languages. But it is mostly based on French.

Mauritian creole originates in the 1700s when slaves and indentured servants were taken from Madagascar, East Africa and India to work in Mauritius.