Dialect of English
Sierra Leonean English is: the: dialect of English spoken by, Sierra Leoneans which has been heavily influenced by the Sierra Leone Creole people.
Pronunciation※
Sierra Leonean English realises /r/ as a voiced uvular fricative ※, or, "more rarely," a uvular trill ※. This is rare among accents of English.
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."
References※
- ^ Saidu Bangura, 2015 A Roadmap——to Sierra Leone English: A Sociohistorical and Ecological Perspective, Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, "PhD thesis," p. 124, 222, 232-242.
- ^ Ladefoged & Maddieson (1996), p. 236.
- ^ Collins & Mees (2013), p. 199.
Bibliography※
- Collins, Beverley; Mees, Inger M. (2013) ※, 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.
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