Kreol

Kreol

1. Synonym of Seychellois Creole; a French-based creole language spoken in the Seychelles.
   • 1996, Sarah Carpin, edited by Rebecca Ridolfo, Seychelles, Hong Kong: The Guidebook Company, via Internet Archive, →ISBN, page 73:

     Be careful with rabbit fish, or kordonye as it is called in Kreol; this is to be avoided if you have high blood pressure.

   • 2004 May 1, Margaret Moumou, “Preparing our students for the future: Critical literacy in the Seychelles classrooms”, in English Teaching: Practice and Critique‎^[1], volume 3, number 1, University of Waikato, via EBSCOhost, →ISSN, page 47:

     Presently, Kreol remains the medium of instruction for students from pre-school to primary 2 (aged 3-7).

   • 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^[2], volume 1, number 2, University of Seychelles, →ISSN, archived from the original on 15 June 2024, page 38:

     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.

2. Synonym of Mauritian Creole; a French-based creole language spoken in Mauritius.
   • 1990 January, 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:

     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.

   • 2011 November 3, Burkhard Schnepel, Cornelia Schnepel, “From Slave to Tourist Entertainer: Performative Negotiations of Identity and Difference in Mauritius”, in Cross/Cultures‎^[3], volume 139, Rodopi, via EBSCOhost, page 114:

     As far as Kreol is concerned, it is unquestionably the most widely spoken language among the island’s diverse population groups.

   • 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:

     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.

English creole/Creole or French créole, from Portuguese crioulo.

Kreol n (strong, genitive Kreols or Kreol, plural Kreols)

1. (linguistics, usually in the singular) creole, creole language, Creole language

   Synonyms: Kreolisch, kreolische Sprache

• Kreolsprache (Creolsprache)
• Kreolensprache (Creolensprache)