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人权宣言 - Krio

来源

全国民主与人权委员会,塞拉利昂

Krio
关于该语文

总发言人数

480,000

按國家使用(官方語言)

Home Speakers: Sierra Leone, Gambia

背景

There are 472,600 speakers in Sierra Leone (1993), 10% of the population are first language speakers and about 4,000,000 or 95% are second language speakers. Krio is spoken by communities in Freetown, on the Peninsula, Banana Islands, York Island and by de-tribalized Sierra Leoneans as the lingua franca throughout the country. Half speak Krio in the workplace and it is the formal language for those who do not speak english.