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Sierra Leonean English

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Sierra Leonean English is the dialect of English spoken by Sierra Leoneans.

Pronunciation

Sierra Leonean English realizes /r/ as a voiced uvular fricative, or, more rarely, a uvular trill.[1] This is rare among accents of English.[2]

See also

  • 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

Bibliography

  • Collins, Beverley; Mees, Inger M. (2013) [First published 2003], Practical Phonetics and Phonology: A Resource Book for Students (3rd ed.), Routledge, ISBN 978-0-415-50650-2
  • Ladefoged, Peter; Maddieson, Ian (1996). The Sounds of the World's Languages. Oxford: Blackwell. ISBN 0-631-19815-6.