List of Official Languages
Though Status of each languages varies differently with respect to each district. When Communicating in between districts of different languages, generally English is used for convenience.
1.Tamil: Language used by the Puducherry Government, especially used when communicating within and between the Tamil majority districts of (Pondicherry and Karaikal) along with issuing official decrees. Also official Language in Tamil Nadu state. It was declared as Classical language in 2005 by Indian Government.
2.French: It is also official language of Puducherry Union territory. Though it was official language of French India (1673–1954), its official language status was preserved by Traité de Cession (Treaty of Cession) signed by India and France on 28 May 1956.
It remained as de jure official language of Puducherry U.T by the Article XXVIII of Traité de Cession which states that,
- Le français restera langue officielle des Établissements aussi longtemps que les répresentants élus de la population n'auront pas pris une decision différente (French version)
- The French language shall remain the official language of the Establishments so long as the elected representatives of the people shall not decide otherwise (English version)
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