Sierra Leonean 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 realizes /r/ as a voiced uvular fricative [ʁ], or, more rarely, a uvular trill [ʀ].[1] This is rare among accents of English.[2]
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[]
- ^ Ladefoged & Maddieson (1996), p. 236.
- ^ Collins & Mees (2013), p. 199.
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 978-0-631-19815-4.
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