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English is the official language, and Liberian Kreyol is the vernacular lingua franca, though mostly spoken as a second language. The native Niger–Congo languages can be grouped in four language families: Mande, Kru, Mel, and the divergent language Grebo. [1] [2] Kpelle-speaking people are the largest single linguistic group.
It is the language taught in secondary and tertiary institutions. It is used in oratory and by newsreaders. Liberian Settler English the language of the descendants of the 16,000 African Americans who immigrated to Liberia in the nineteenth century; Kru Pidgin English the language of Kru migrant workers and mariners. It is now moribund.
As of 2022, 27 indigenous languages are spoken in Liberia, but each is a first language for only a small percentage of the population. [185] Liberians also speak a variety of creolized dialects collectively known as Liberian English. [184]
Liberian Kreyol (also known as Kolokwa or Liberian Kolokwa English) is an Atlantic English-based creole language spoken in Liberia. [1] It was spoken by 1,500,000 people as a second language at the 1984 census which accounted for about 70% of the population at the time.
The Kru people and their languages, although now many speak English (in Liberia) or French (in Côte d'Ivoire) as a second language, are said to be "dominant in the southwest region where the forest zone reaches the coastal lagoons". [3] The Kru people rely on the forest for farming, supplemented by hunting for their livelihood.
A language that uniquely represents the national identity of a state, nation, and/or country and is so designated by a country's government; some are technically minority languages. (On this page a national language is followed by parentheses that identify it as a national language status.) Some countries have more than one language with this ...
This is a list of European languages by the number of native speakers in Europe only. List. Rank Name Native speakers Total speakers 1 Russian: 106,000,000 [1]
This is a list of countries by number of languages according to the 22nd edition of Ethnologue (2019). [1] ... Liberia: 31 3 34 0.48 4,290,730 134,085 85,600