Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
Kreol en · PROPN
Meanings
Synonym of Seychellois Creole; a French-based creole language spoken in the Seychelles.
Presently, Kreol remains the medium of instruction for students from pre-school to primary 2 (aged 3-7). 2004 May 1, Margaret Moumou, “Preparing our students for the future: Critical literacy in the Seychelles classrooms”, in English Teaching: Practice and Critique, volume 3, number 1, University of Waikato, via EBSCOhost, →ISSN, page 47:
Be careful with rabbit fish, or kordonye as it is called in Kreol; this is to be avoided if you have high blood pressure. 1996, Sarah Carpin, edited by Rebecca Ridolfo, Seychelles, Hong Kong: The Guidebook Company, via Internet Archive, →ISBN, page 73:
With independence in 1976, and the subsequent coup d’état in 1977, the status of Kreol improved, and it began its journey towards becoming an official language with a role in administration, culture and education. 2015, Mats Deutschmann, Justin Zelime, ““I used to like writing in Kreol but now I only use English”: an exploratory study of language attitudes and examination performance among primary and secondary school pupils in the Seychelles”, in Island Studies, volume 1, number 2, University of Seychelles, →ISSN, archived from the original on 15 Jun 2024, page 38:
Synonym of Mauritian Creole; a French-based creole language spoken in Mauritius.
As far as Kreol is concerned, it is unquestionably the most widely spoken language among the island’s diverse population groups. 2011 November 3, Burkhard Schnepel, Cornelia Schnepel, “From Slave to Tourist Entertainer: Performative Negotiations of Identity and Difference in Mauritius”, in Cross/Cultures, volume 139, Rodopi, via EBSCOhost, page 114:
According to the 2011 Housing and Population Census of Mauritius, the European languages, English and French, are the claimed home languages of 0.5% and 4.3% of the population, respectively. [...] Conversely, 86% of the population claim Kreol, a French based creole born locally as a result of the language contact situation, as their home language. 2016 March 15, Sanju Unjore, A.M. Auleear Owodally, “Shifting Language Loyalties: A Case Study of Sunni Mauritian Muslims”, in Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs, volume 36, number 1, Routledge, →DOI, →ISSN, page 107:
In Mauritius, Kreol has over the last one-and-a-half centuries or so proved capable in practice of uniting otherwise very diverse groups into a reasonably homogenous linguistic group. 1990 January 14, Thomas Hylland Eriksen, “Linguistic diversity and the quest for national identity: the case of Mauritius”, in Ethnic & Racial Studies, volume 13, number 1, Routledge, →DOI, →ISSN, page 15: