Seselwa Creole French
Seselwa Creole French is an Indo-European language spoken in Seychelles, by about 85 thousand people.
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Seychellois Creole (), also known as Kreol, Seselwa Creole French, and Seselwa Creole is the French-based creole language spoken by the Seychelles Creole people of the Seychelles. It is one of the national languages of the Seychelles.
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Written down
Nou tou imen nou’n ne dan laliberte ek legalite, dan nou dignite ek nou bann drwa. Nou tou nou annan kapasite pou rezonnen, e fodre nou azir anver lezot avek en lespri fraternel.
Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR in Unicode).
Words in Seselwa Creole French
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| woman | fanm | |
| nose | nennen | |
| water | delo | |
| sun | soley | |
| wind | labriz | |
| stone | pyer | |
| cat | sat | |
| fish | pwason | |
| horse | seval | |
| four | kat | |
| see | vwar | |
| potato | ponmdeter | |
| tomato | tomat | |
| apple | ponm | |
| book | liv | |
| new | nef | |
| red | rouz | |
| white | blan |
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
- MorisyenIndo-European70% alike
- Réunion Creole FrenchIndo-European54% alike
- HaitianIndo-European49% alike
- Uaçá Creole FrenchIndo-European47% alike
- Saint Lucian Creole FrenchIndo-European46% alike
- Guadeloupe-Martinique Creole FrenchIndo-European44% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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Elsewhere
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