Datapoint Seychelles Creole/Occurrence of nominal plural markers

In formal-style Seychelles Creole, bann seems to be grammaticalizing into a quasi-obligatory plural marker, e.g. in newspaper articles.

Values

Variable plural marking of human or inanimate nouns

Example 56-56:
Bann madanm i leve i danse.
Bann
pl
madanm
woman
i
pm
leve
get.up
i
pm
danse.
dance
The women got up and danced.

Source: Michaelis 1994: 185

Example 56-57:
Leser in sorti anba.
Leser
sister
in
prf
sorti
come.from
anba.
there
The sisters came out from there.

Source: Michaelis 1994: 183

Confidence:
Very certain