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.