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Seychelles

Languages

Description

The official languages of Seychelles are:

• 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)

• 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

Alphabet

• Seychelles Creole alphabet - Omniglot

Pronunciation

• Seychelles Creole pronunciation - Omniglot
• Seychellois Creole Pronunciation guide - Wikitravel
• Seychellois Creole Pronunciation guide - WikiVoyage

Language Aids and Dictionaries

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

• 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.