Seychellois Creole

E42043

Seychellois Creole is a French-based creole language spoken primarily in Seychelles, where it serves as a national and widely used lingua franca.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Seychellois Creole canonical 16
Seselwa Creole French 2
Seychelles Creole 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf French-based creole
creole language
natural language
alsoKnownAs Kreol Seselwa
Seselwa
Seychellois Creole
surface form: Seselwa Creole French
closelyRelatedTo Mauritian Creole
Réunion Creole
coOfficialWith English
French
country Seychelles
developedFrom French dialects spoken by early French settlers in Seychelles
French of the 18th century
hasGlottologCode seyc1239
hasGlottologName Kreol Seselwa
surface form: Seselwa Creole French
hasISO639-2Code crs
hasISO639-3Code crs
hasNativeName Kreol Seselwa
hasOfficialStatus national language of Seychelles
one of the official languages of Seychelles
hasOfficialStatusIn Seychelles
hasRegulatingBody Lenstiti Kreol (Creole Institute of Seychelles)
hasStandardOrthography yes
hasTypicalWordOrder SVO
influencedBy East African languages
English
Malagasy
other Indian Ocean languages
languageCodeType ISO 639 language
languageFamily French Creole
linguaFrancaIn Seychelles
majorityLanguageIn Seychelles
primaryLexifierLanguage French
region East Africa
Indian Ocean
spokenIn La Digue
Mahé
Praslin
Seychelles
subclassOf French-based creole language
Indian Ocean French Creole
subjectOf language planning in Seychelles
usedAs home language by most Seychellois
usedIn education in Seychelles
government communication in Seychelles
literature in Seychelles
media in Seychelles
usesAlphabet Latin alphabet
writingSystem Latin script

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Referenced by (20)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Antillean Creole closelyRelatedTo Seychellois Creole
French influenced Seychellois Creole
Seychelles officialLanguage Seychellois Creole
Seychellois Creole alsoKnownAs Seychellois Creole
this entity surface form: Seselwa Creole French
Indian Ocean Commission officialLanguage Seychellois Creole
La Digue officialLanguage Seychellois Creole
Seychellois rupee languageOnCurrency Seychellois Creole
Mahé hasMainLanguage Seychellois Creole
Inner Islands languageMostSpoken Seychellois Creole
Creole relatedGroup Seychellois Creole
subject surface form: Creole (Mauritius)
this entity surface form: Seychellois Creoles
Praslin hasLanguage Seychellois Creole
French Creole includesLanguage Seychellois Creole
Indian Ocean French Creole hasPart Seychellois Creole
Kreol Seselwa hasAlternativeName Seychellois Creole
this entity surface form: Seselwa Creole French
Kreol Seselwa hasAlternativeName Seychellois Creole
Kreol Seselwa hasAlternativeName Seychellois Creole
this entity surface form: Seychelles Creole
East African languages includesLanguage Seychellois Creole
Lenstiti Kreol (Creole Institute of Seychelles) languageOfWorkOrName Seychellois Creole
subject surface form: Lenstiti Kreol
Victoria officialLanguage Seychellois Creole
Kreol Morisien closelyRelatedTo Seychellois Creole