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Kreol Seselwa
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English
Etymology
From en crs kreol seselwa, from en fr créole seychellois.
Proper noun
en Seychellois Creole; a French-based creole language spoken in the Seychelles
en 1993 1989 Robert Strauss; Denna Swaney Mauritius, Réunion & Seychelles: a travel survival kit 2nd 0-86442-188-5 Lonely Planet Publications Seychelles 302 https://archive.org/details/mauritiusreunion00robe/page/302/mode/2up Internet Archive Kreol seselwa was 'rehabilitated' and made semiofficial in 1981 and is increasingly used in newspapers and literature.
en 2021 Mats Deutschmann; Justin Zelime Researching Kreol Seselwa and its role in education in the pursuit of educational equity in the Seychelles 10.4324/9781003028383-4 Elizabeth J. Erling; John Clegg; Casmir M. Rubaguyma; Colin Reilly Multilingual learning and language supportive pedagogies in Sub-Saharan Africa 9781003028383 61 In spite of concerted efforts to raise the status and role of the first language [...], Kreol Seselwa [...], in education after independence, English remains the primary language of instruction [...] from primary three onwards[.]
en July 2025 Thomas Hylland Eriksen; Riaan Oppelt Post-apartheid diversification through Afrikaaps: language, power and superdiversity in the Western Cape 10.1080/01419870.2025.2461245 Ethnic & Racial Studies 0141-9870 48 9 Routledge 1765 Unlike Kreol Seselwa (Seychelles Creole) in the Seychelles, which is an official language, Afrikaaps does not have official status in South Africa; and unlike Kreol Morisyen (Mauritian Creole) it is never used on formal occasions, such as media interviews with politicians.