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French people in India

French people in India
Indiens d’origine française
France India
Total population
12,864 (1988)[1]
Regions with significant populations
Languages
Religion
Majority Christianity

Minority Hinduism

Related ethnic groups
French people

The French community in India consists mainly of Indian citizens of French ancestry who are descended from former French settlers and colonists who settled in India since the 17th century, as well as recent expatriates from France.

History

The French in India are an artifact of the French presence there, which began in 1673 with the establishment of the French East India Company and continued until 1962 when the French territory was formally transferred to India. The French presence was always minor compared with the British presence, and the French in India were generally not a significant portion of the population.

There were 9,950 French nationals residing in India in 2013.[2] Nearly all are in the Puducherry district in southeastern India (11,726 individuals in 1988), with much smaller numbers in Karaikal (695 individuals), Mahé (50), Yanam (46), and 342 elsewhere in India. They form a small minority, accounting for less than 3 percent of the present population of Puducherry.

Indian French

Indian French (French: français Indien) is a dialect of French spoken by Indians from the former colonies of French India;[3] namely Pondicherry (Pondichéry), Mahé, Yanam (Yanaon), Karaikal (Karikal) in the union territory of Puducherry (Poudouchéry) and the Chandannagar (Chandernagor) subdivision in the state of West Bengal. It has considerable influence from English and the regional languages of India, such as the Dravidian languages of Tamil (Pondicherry Tamil dialect), Telugu (Yanam Telugu dialect) and Malayalam (Mahé Malayalam dialect) and the Indo-Aryan language of Bengali in Chandannagar.

There are several varieties of Indian French, corresponding to the former French colonies, as follows:

  • Tamil people (nearly 60,000 in France, 10,000 people in Puducherry)
  • Telugu people (nearly 10,000 in France, 35,000 people in Yanam)
  • Malayali people (4,000–5,000 in France)

Examples of Indian French

Indian French spoken in former French India vaguely varies from Standard French, in pronunciation and accent, with a few unique words, such as:

Indian French Metropolitan French Meaning in English
Mérci beauco Merci beaucoup Thank you very much
Mousé Monsieur Mister/Sir
Madam Madame Madam/Ma'am
Locaele Locale Local
Perme Fermer Close
Parlama Parlement Parliament
Baccaloria Baccalauréat Baccalauréat (French secondary school diploma)
Sulda Soldat Colloquially: Indians with French citizenship
Literally: Soldier
Coseiyya Conseiller Councilor

Current status

Building of the École française d'Extrême-Orient in Pondicherry

Today, Pondicherry still has a community of French people living in the city and French is also an official language. There are 6,500 French people registered in South India, and of these about 5,500 are in Pondicherry.

French companies in India are present in various sectors such as energy, IT, environment, automobiles, traditional manufacturing industries like St Gobain, and engineering. They also have exporters of fish and other seafood, textiles, leather and luxury goods. L’Oréal has a presence in India, and Louis Vuitton has taken a stake in Hidesign in Pondicherry.[4]

The French community in India is a consolidated group, brought together by a number of different organizations that aim to promote French culture in India. The French Club of Bombay is an organization that unites French speakers living in the city. The club meets at different locations in various parts of Mumbai so that meetings are conveniently located and have a good attendance.[5]

In February 2015, the Indo French Senior Citizens Association staged street protests in Pondicherry to protest against denial of the French nationality and voting rights derived from the "treaty of cession" of French India territories, which guaranteed continued French citizenship to individuals whose birth and nativity certificate had been registered during the French India regime.[6]

The Matrimandir, initiated by The Mother of the Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Notable people

Bibliography

  • David-Néel, Alexandra (2002). L' Inde où j'ai vécu: Avant et après l'indépendance. Paris: Plon.
  • Elfi, Nicole (2008). Aux sources de l'Inde: L'initiation à la connaissance. Paris: Les Belles Lettres.
  • Gautier, François (2005). La caravane intérieure: Récit. Paris: Les Belles lettres.
  • Gautier, François (2008) Les Français en Inde – Pondichéry, Chandernagor, Mahé, Yanaon, Karikal. France Loisirs.
  • Sethna, K. D. (1987). The obscure and the mysterious: A research in Mallarmé's symbolic poetry. Pondicherry: Sri Aurobindo International Centre of Education.

See also

References

  1. ^ Countries and Their Cultures – French of India
  2. ^ Répartition par pays de la population française inscrite au registre au 31 décembre 2013, Ministère des affaires étrangères
  3. ^ Orsini, Francesca. "Decreed out of existence? Multilingual India and world literature". Testo a Fronte: Per Una Letteratura Globalizzata. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
  4. ^ The Hindu Business Line – French connection
  5. ^ Indo-French Chamber of Commerce and Industry – French community Archived March 10, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ "Protest for French nationality, voting rights". The Hindu. 25 February 2015. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
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