Languages of the Falkland Islands

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Languages of Falkland Islands
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The only official language of the

• French – the French were the first to colonise the islands, and their settlement at Port Louis would have used French. The islands' French name, Iles Malouines, stems from Saint-Malo.
• Falkland Islands fox was previously hypothesized to represent a possible pre-European landing on the Falklands, but this has since been refuted.^[3] This language has left no trace on the Falklands, and would not have been written at this time.^[4]
• Western Isles and the western Highlands. William Blain, a settler from Dumfries, noted in 1878 that "the Scotch language was fairly well represented" and a majority of the population were "Scotch or of Scotch descendants".^[5]

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