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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.
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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. Liberian Kreyol the creolized variety spoken by most Liberian speakers of English. It is the Liberian descendant of ...
Liberia is a multilingual country where more than 20 indigenous languages are spoken. English is the official language, and Liberian Koloqua 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.
Kreyol may mean: Antillean Creole French (Kreyol) Haitian Creole (Kreyòl ayisyen) Liberian Kreyol language (Kreyol) Louisiana Creole French (Kréyol lwizyàn)
The most widely read newspapers include the Liberia Herald, The Analyst, Liberian Observer, The News, The Heritage, and The Inquirer, among others. Several Liberian journalists have been awarded national and international awards and acclaim around the world for their commitment to press freedom and promotion of Democracy in post war countries ...
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These links, along with others not listed, support the claim that there is a Liberian Kreyol as well as Haitian. They also support the statement that Liberian Kreyol has "...several Bantu languages as substrate languages.": Creole Language at Absolute Astronomy; Creole Language at Knowledge King--199.4.155.10 16:31, 25 October 2005 (UTC)