Sierra Leonean English Explained

Sierra Leonean English is the dialect of English spoken by Sierra Leoneans which has been heavily influenced by the Sierra Leone Creole people.^[1]

Pronunciation

Sierra Leonean English realises pronounced as //r// as a voiced uvular fricative pronounced as /[ʁ]/, or, more rarely, a uvular trill pronounced as /[ʀ]/. This is rare among accents of English.

See also

• Krio language, an English-based creole language originally spoken by the Sierra Leone Creole people in Sierra Leone and today the country's main lingua franca.

Notes and References

1. Saidu Bangura, 2015 A Roadmap to Sierra Leone English: A Sociohistorical and Ecological Perspective, Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, PhD thesis, p. 124, 222, 232-242.