Seychelles Languages
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In other languages: Description[edit | edit source]
The official languages of Seychelles are: [1]
- French - 0.7% of the population
- English - 5.1% of the population - most businesses and official meetings are conducted in English.
- Seychellois Creole (French-based creole language) - 91% of the population
- also known as Seychelles Creole and Seselwa Creole
- de facto national language and most widely spoken native language of the country
- often spoken with English words and phrases mixed into the Seychellois Creole
Word List(s)[edit | edit source]
- Seychellois Creole phrasebook - Wikitravel
- Seychellois Creole Phrase list - Wikitravel
- Seychellois Creole phrasebook - WikiVoyage
- Vocabulary Seychelles Creole - WOLD
- Seychellois Creole phrases - Surface Languages
- French Genealogical Word List
Alphabet and Pronunciation[edit | edit source]
Alphabet
- Seychelles Creole alphabet - Omniglot
Pronunciation
- Seychelles Creole pronunciation - Omniglot
- Seychellois Creole Pronunciation guide - Wikitravel
- Seychellois Creole Pronunciation guide - WikiVoyage
Language Aids and Dictionaries[edit | edit source]
Dictionaries
- Gillieaux, Colette. The Seychelles Creole-English dictionary. Victoria, Seychelles: Pangaea Portraits Ltd, 2019. Available at: WorldCat.
- Gébert, Alain and Annie Risler. A dictionary and grammar of seychellois sign language. Volume 1. Mahé: APHI Seychelles, 2019. Available at: WorldCat.
Online Dictionaries
- Dictionary Seselwa Creole French - English - Glosbe
- Dictionary English - Seselwa Creole French - Glosbe
- English to Seselwa Dictionary - Babilon Online Translator
Language Aids
- Corne, Chris. Seychelles Creole grammar. Tübingen: TBL-Verlag Narr, 1977. Available at: WorldCat.
- Choppy, M. T. A programme for foreigners who wish to learn the Seychellois language. Mahé, Seychelles: Lenstiti Kreol, 2014. Available at: WorldCat.
Additional Resources[edit | edit source]
- Mair, Lyn and Lynnath Beckley. Seychelles. Chesham: Bradt Travel Guides Ltd, 2021. Available at: WorldCat.
- Gstaltmayr, Heiner and Heike Mallad. Seychelles. Basingstoke, Hampshire, United Kingdom: Marco Polo Travel Publishing Ltd., 2020. Available at: WorldCat.
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Seychelles," in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seychelles#:~:text=official%20languages, accessed 15 Dec 2022.