Seychellois Creole

E42043

French-based creole creole language natural language

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

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	French-based creole → creole language → natural language →
alsoKnownAs	Kreol Seselwa → Seselwa → 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	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 →

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Seychellois Creole ("Seselwa Creole French") →	alsoKnownAs
Antillean Creole →	closelyRelatedTo
French →	influenced
Seychelles →	officialLanguage