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Seychellois Creole (/ s eɪ ˈ ʃ ɛ l w ɑː /), also known as Kreol, Seselwa Creole French, and Seselwa Creole is the French-based creole language spoken by the Seychelles Creole people of the Seychelles. It is one of the national languages of the Seychelles.
Seychellois Creole people / s eɪ ˈ ʃ ɛ l w ɑː ˈ k r i oʊ l / are an ethnic group native to Seychelles, who speak Seychellois Creole. They are the predominant ethnic group in the country. [2] The majority of the people living in the Seychelles are referred to as Seychellois. They are of Creole, East African and Malagasy origin. However ...
Seychellois Creole, a French-based creole language, is by far the most commonly spoken language in the archipelago and is spoken natively by about 95% of the population. Nevertheless, the country was a British colony for over a century and a half, and the legacy of British Seychelles made English remain the main language in government and business.
It is thought that African and Asian languages has contributed to the grammar of seychelles creole. for further reference i would recomend the seychelles creole dictionary( 1984), by Danielle de St.Jorre as a useful guide, and also several articles available from the Seychelles Creole Institute, website.196.1.123.111 06:15, 24 October 2007 (UTC ...
A creole language is a stable natural language developed from a mixture of different languages. Unlike a pidgin, a simplified form that develops as a means of communication between two or more groups, a creole language is a complete language, used in a community and acquired by children as their native language.
She contributed the first grammatical description of Seychelles Creole (Bollée 1977a) and contributed to the first dictionary of the language (d’Offay & Lionnet 1982). She also helped collect and edit folk stories and oral texts from the Seychelles (Bollée & Accouche 1976; Bollée & Essack 1994), and was instrumental in developing a ...
The Chagossians speak Chagossian Creole, a French-based creole language whose vocabulary also incorporates words originating in various African and Asian languages and is part of the Bourbonnais Creole family. Chagossian Creole is still spoken by some of their descendants in Mauritius and the Seychelles.
any of many creole peoples or creole languages. Haitian Creole, also known as Kreol Ayisyen; Mauritian Creole, also known as Kreol Morisien; Seychelles Creole, also known as Kreol Seselwa; Kreol (software), a software MIDI instrument