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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]
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]
The Gambian Creole people, or Krio or Aku, are a minority ethnic group of Gambia with connections to and roots from the Sierra Leone Creole people. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] In Gambia the Aku account for about 2% of the population.
Thomas Alexander Leighton Decker OBE (25 July 1916 – 7 September 1978) was a Sierra Leonean linguist, poet, and journalist. He is best known for his work on the Krio language and for translating Shakespeare's Julius Caesar into the Krio language.
Nigerian Pidgin is commonly used throughout the country, but it has not been granted official status. Pidgin breaks the communication barrier between different ethnic groups and it is widely spoken throughout Nigeria.
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Lessons with Kiarostami (Persian: سرکلاس با کیارستمی, transit. Sare Kelas ba Kiarostami) is a book written by Abbas Kiarostami, edited by Paul Cronin and with a foreword by acclaimed British director Mike Leigh. [3] The book was published, simultaneously in English and Persian, shortly before Kiarostami's death. Drawn from ...
Pizza driver Connor Stephanoff got $2 tip in a snowstorm, so people, including TikToker Officer Craig, pooled their money and raised over $40,000 more for him.