Liberian English
PrintA language of Liberia
ISO 639-3
Alternate Names
Liberian Pidgin English
Language Maps
Language Status
3 (Wider communication).
Classification
Dialects
Kru Pidgin English. Regional dialects.
Language Use
1,500,000 L2 speakers (1984 census).
Language Development
Radio programs.
Language Resources
As different from standard English as is Sierra Leone Krio [kri] repidginized from American Black English of the 1800s (Holm 1989).