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  1. Sierra Leone is a multilingual country. English is the official language, and Krio is the most widely spoken language among the different ethnic groups across Sierra Leone. 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 ...

  2. Sep 26, 2017 · The National Language Of Sierra Leone. Krio is the de facto national language in the country and a lingua franca spoken widely across the country. It is the Creole language based on English. It is the mother tongue of 10.5% of the residents but is spoken by 97% of the population.

  3. Krio is the most widely spoken language in Sierra Leone and is native to the Creoles who are freed slaves from Britain, The United States and West Indies.

  4. The Sierra Leonean Creole or Krio is an English-based creole language that is lingua franca and de facto national language spoken throughout the West African nation of Sierra Leone.

  5. Sierra Leonean Creole is an English-based creole language spoken in Sierra Leone by about 8.2 million people, 780,000 of whom speak it as a native languages. It is used as a lingua franca in Sierra Leone and is spoken by about 97% of the population.

  6. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Sierra_LeoneSierra Leone - Wikipedia

    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, it unites all the different ethnic groups, especially in their trade and ...

  7. Feb 21, 2024 · Sierra Leone is a multilingual country. [1] 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 ...

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