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The Krio language is an offshoot of the language brought by the Nova Scotians from North America and the numerous liberated Yoruba slaves who settled in Sierra Leone. The vocabulary of Krio is derived primarily from English, while its sound system, grammar and sentence structure are heavily influenced by African languages ( at least 12 African languages), including aspects from the Yoruba language of Nigeria and Twi of Ghana. Krio's standard greeting kushe, for instance, is derived from the Yoruba greeting è kú işé ("greetings on your work"), while the krio word "pan" meaning (on top of/doing something) descends directly from the Jamaican patois word "pon" meaning the same thing, the krio expression "chaka-chaka"<i>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/index.html?curid=1651722 ..... full article at Wikipedia]</i></td></tr> | The Krio language is an offshoot of the language brought by the Nova Scotians from North America and the numerous liberated Yoruba slaves who settled in Sierra Leone. The vocabulary of Krio is derived primarily from English, while its sound system, grammar and sentence structure are heavily influenced by African languages ( at least 12 African languages), including aspects from the Yoruba language of Nigeria and Twi of Ghana. Krio's standard greeting kushe, for instance, is derived from the Yoruba greeting è kú işé ("greetings on your work"), while the krio word "pan" meaning (on top of/doing something) descends directly from the Jamaican patois word "pon" meaning the same thing, the krio expression "chaka-chaka"<i>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/index.html?curid=1651722 ..... full article at Wikipedia]</i></td></tr> | ||
<tr><td><h2>Location of Krio Language Speakers</h2> | <tr><td><h2>Location of Krio Language Speakers</h2> | ||
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<tr><td><h2>Rosetta Document Collection</h2> | <tr><td><h2>Rosetta Document Collection</h2> |
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