Krio

See also: krio

English

English Wikipedia has an article on:

Krio language

Wikipedia

Etymology

Borrowed from Krio Krio, from Portuguese crioulo (“creole”). Doublet of Creole, Criollo, and Crioulo.

Proper noun

Krio

1. A creole language based on English/Jamaican Creole spoken by around 500,000 people mainly in Sierra Leone.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Krio terms
• Ethnologue entry for Krio, kri ⁠

Anagrams

• Kori, kori

Krio

Etymology

From Portuguese crioulo (“creole”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /krì.ó/

Noun

Krìó

1. Creole (person)

Proper noun

Krìó

1. Krio (language)

Descendants

• → English: Krio

References

• Fyle, Clifford N.; Jones, Eldred D. (1980), A Krio-English dictionary, USA: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 203