Sierra Leonean English
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Sierra Leonean English is the dialect of English spoken by Sierra Leoneans.
Pronunciation[edit]
Sierra Leonean English realizes /r/ as a voiced uvular fricative,[1] or, more rarely, a uvular trill.[1]
See Also[edit]
- Krio language, an English-based creole language originally spoken by the Krio people in Sierra Leone and today the country's main lingua franca.
References[edit]
- ^ a b Ladefoged & Maddieson (1996:236)
Bibliography[edit]
- Ladefoged, Peter; Maddieson, Ian (1996). The Sounds of the World's Languages. Oxford: Blackwell. ISBN 0-631-19814-8.
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