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Krio is spoken by 96 percent of the country's population, [4] [5] and it unites the different ethnic groups in the country, especially in their trade and social interaction with each other. [6] Krio is the primary language of communication among Sierra Leoneans at home and abroad, [7] and has also heavily influenced Sierra Leonean English. [8]
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West African Pidgin English arose during the period of the transatlantic slave trade as a language of commerce between British and African slave traders. Portuguese merchants were the first Europeans to trade in West Africa beginning in the 15th century, and West African Pidgin English contains numerous words of Portuguese origin such as sabi ('to know'), a derivation of the Portuguese saber. [3]
Krio is the primary language of communication among Sierra Leoneans living abroad, [25] and has also heavily influenced Sierra Leonean English. [ 70 ] Native Krio speakers of the Creole ethnicity lived principally in Freetown communities, on the Peninsula, on the Banana Islands and York Island , and in Bonthe .
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Thomas Decker was one of the first people to term Sierra Leone's lingua franca "Krio". He argued for the widespread use of Krio throughout the country, and to him it was a unifying force for the nation after independence. Decker's work on the Krio language sparked a revival in the appreciation for the language.
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The list of Sierra Leone Creole people is an incomplete list of notable individuals of Creole ethnicity and ancestry.The Sierra Leone Creole people, who are also referred to as (Krio: Krio people), are the descendants of African-Americans, Jamaican Maroons and Liberated Africans who settled in Freetown between 1787 and around 1885.