Sierra Leonean English
Dialect of English
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Sierra Leonean English is the dialect of English spoken by Sierra Leoneans which has been heavily influenced by the Sierra Leone Creole people.[1]
RegionSierra Leone
Indo-European
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Germanic
- West Germanic
- Ingvaeonic
- Anglo-Frisian
- Anglic
- English
- British English & African English
- Sierra Leonean English
- British English & African English
- English
- Anglic
- Anglo-Frisian
- Ingvaeonic
- West Germanic
Early forms
| Sierra Leonean English | |
|---|---|
| Region | Sierra Leone |
Indo-European
| |
Early forms | |
| Latin (English alphabet) Unified English Braille | |
| Official status | |
Official language in |  Sierra Leone |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
| Glottolog | sout3331 |
Pronunciation
Sierra Leonean English realises /r/ as a voiced uvular fricative [ʁ], or, more rarely, a uvular trill [ʀ].[2] This is rare among accents of English.[3]
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.
- Northumbrian burr, a feature of northern English which also has a uvular pronunciation of /r/
