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English is the official language, and Krio is the most widely spoken language among the different ethnic groups across Sierra Leone. [2][3][4] Other major languages include Mende, which is spoken by 31% of the population as a mother tongue and is also widely spoken in the southern, and most of the Eastern part of Sierra Leone.
The Sierra Leonean Creole or Krio is an English-based creole language that is the lingua franca and de facto national language spoken throughout the West African nation of Sierra Leone. Krio is spoken by 96 percent of the country's population, [3][4] and it unites the different ethnic groups in the country, especially in their trade and social ...
It is spoken by the Mende people and by other ethnic groups as a regional lingua franca in southern Sierra Leone. [3] Mende is a tonal language belonging to the Mande language family. Early systematic descriptions of Mende were by F. W. Migeod [4] and Kenneth Crosby. [5] Ethel Aginsky decoded the language in her doctoral work. [6]
Language. ka-temne. Temne (also Themne, Timne; IPA [t̪emnɛ] [missing the tones]) is a language of the Mel branch of the Niger–Congo language family. Temne speakers live mostly in the Northern Province and Western Area, Sierra Leone. Temne people can be found in a number of other West African countries as well, including Guinea and The Gambia.
In 1993, there were 473,000 speakers in Sierra Leone (493,470 in all countries); Krio was the third-most spoken language behind Mende (1,480,000) and Themne (1,230,000). Today, Krio is the most widely spoken language in Sierra Leone utilized by 96 percent of the country's population.
Krio (derived from English and several indigenous African languages, and the language of the Sierra Leone Creole people) is the most widely spoken language in virtually all parts of Sierra Leone. As the Krio language is spoken by 96% of the country's population, [97] [170] it unites all the different ethnic groups, especially in their trade and ...
The Southwestern Mande languages are a branch of the Mande languages spoken in Sierra Leone, Guinea, and Liberia.There are around 2.8 million total speakers. The largest languages by far are Mende of Sierra Leone, with 1.4 million, and Kpelle of Liberia and Guinea, with 1.2 million.
Sierra Leonean English. Sierra Leonean English is the dialect of English spoken by Sierra Leoneans which has been heavily influenced by the Sierra Leone Creole people. [1]