Seychelles
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English
[eng] Users: 35,000 in Seychelles, all users. L1 users: 5,000 in Seychelles (2019 World Factbook). L2 users: 30,000 (2019). Status: 1 (National). Statutory national language (1993, Constitution, Article 4(1)). Classification: Indo-European, Germanic, West, English.
French
[fra] Users: 51,190 in Seychelles, all users. L1 users: 690 in Seychelles (2019 World Factbook). L2 users: 50,500 (Beck et al 2018). Status: 1 (National). Statutory national language (2003, Constitution, Article 4(1)). Alternate Names: Français. Classification: Indo-European, Italic, Romance, Italo-Western, Western, Gallo-Iberian, Gallo-Romance, Gallo-Rhaetian, Oïl, French.
Seychelles French Creole
[crs] Users: 87,400 (2019 World Factbook). Status: 1 (National). Statutory national language (2003, Constitution, Article 4(1)). Alternate Names: Creole, Ilois, Kreol, Kreol Seselwa, Seselwa French Creole, Seychellois Creole. Autonym: Seselwa. Classification: Creole, French based.
Seychelles Sign Language
[lsw] Scattered. Users: 100 (2021 A. Risler). Status: 6a* (Vigorous). Alternate Names: Lalang Siny Seselwa, Langue des Signes Seychelloise, SSL, Seychellois Sign Language. Classification: Sign language, Deaf community sign language.