Liberian English
A language of Liberia
| Population | No estimate available. |
| Language map |
Liberia, reference number 17 |
| Alternate names | Liberian Pidgin English |
| Dialects | Kru Pidgin English. Regional dialects. |
| Classification | Pidgin, English based, Atlantic |
| Language use | Trade language. 1,500,000 L2 speakers (1984 census). |
| Language development | Radio programs. |
| Comments | As different from Standard English as is Sierra Leone Krio [kri] repidginized from American Black English of the 1800s (Holm 1989). |
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