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Sierra Leone Krio is the lingua franca and the de facto national language spoken throughout the West African nation of Sierra Leone. Krio is the native language for some 300,000 Krios—the descendants of slaves from the West Indies, United States and Britain, who overwhelmingly live in Freetown. Krio is an English-based creole, but is closer to being a fully-fledged language, as it has fixed grammatical structures and rules. Most of its vocabulary comes from English, but its sound system and grammar are closer to that of nearby African languages, in particular Yoruba. [https://wikitravel.org/en/Krio_phrasebook ('''Krio Phrasebook''')] | Sierra Leone Krio is the lingua franca and the de facto national language spoken throughout the West African nation of Sierra Leone. Krio is the native language for some 300,000 Krios—the descendants of slaves from the West Indies, United States and Britain, who overwhelmingly live in Freetown. Krio is an English-based creole, but is closer to being a fully-fledged language, as it has fixed grammatical structures and rules. Most of its vocabulary comes from English, but its sound system and grammar are closer to that of nearby African languages, in particular Yoruba. [https://wikitravel.org/en/Krio_phrasebook ('''Krio Phrasebook''')] | ||
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Other languages found in Sierra Leone include: <ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Languages of Sierra Leone," in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'', https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_Sierra_Leone, accessed DATE.</ref> | |||
* '''Mende''' - spoken by 31% of the population <ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Mende language," in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'', https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mende_language, accessed 21 March 2021.</ref> | |||
* '''Temme''' - spoken by 37% <ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Temne language," in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'', https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temne_language, accessed 21 March 2021.</ref> | |||
* '''Kono''' <ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Kono language," in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'', https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kono_language_(Sierra_Leone), accessed 21 March 2021.</ref> | |||
* '''Kissi''' <ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Kissi language," in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'', https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kissi_language, accessed 21 March 2021.</ref> | |||
* '''Kuranko''' <ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Kuranko language," in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'', https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuranko_language, accessed 21 March 2021.</ref> | |||
* '''Limba''' <ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Limba language," in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'', https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limba_language, accessed 21 March 2021.</ref> | |||
* '''Fula (Pular)''' <ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Fula language," in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'', https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fula_language, accessed 21 March 2021.</ref> <ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Pular language," in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'', https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pular_language, accessed 21 March 2021.</ref> | |||
* '''Mandingo''' <ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Mandinka language," in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'', https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandinka_language, accessed 21 March 2021.</ref> | |||
* '''Susu''' <ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Susu language," in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'', https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susu_language, accessed 21 March 2021.</ref> | |||
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