| Krio is spoken as a mother tongue by some 250,000 people in and around Freetown and by many more Sierra Leoneans as a second language. |
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| Krio is spoken in Sierra Leone and also around Banjul in the Gambia, as well as on the island of Ngueyma Byogo in Equatorial Guinea. |
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| The grammar and pronunciation of Krio are similar to many African languages. |
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| Krio, Mende and Temne are widely spoken, with Krio being the lingua franca. |
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| His English is virtually nonexistent, and his Krio, the local language, is inflected with his native Italian. |
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| Creole authors have pioneered a growing literature in the Krio language. |
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| Many of its people speak Krio, which is closely related to English-based Caribbean creoles. |
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| Overall, radio stations in this region broadcast in close to 70 different languages including Akan, Bambara, Dioula, English, French, Fulfulde, Hausa, Kabiye, Kotokoli, Krio, Malinke, Moore, Portuguese, and Yoruba. |
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| They may speak one of more than 100 languages, including several Aboriginal languages, or an English-related Creole language such as Jamaican Creole or West African Krio. |
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| Sierra Leone has a significant minority of the Krio people, who are descendants of freed African American and West Indian slaves. |
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| The Krio language unites all the different ethnic groups in the country, especially in their trade and social interaction with each other. |
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| The Krio have traditionally dominated Sierra Leone's judiciacy and Freetown's elected city council. |
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| Krio is still spoken in Sierra Leone, West Africa and is sometimes referred to as patois. |
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| Krio is also the name given to the descendents of freed slaves who, although few in number, are well-represented in government offices and hold key positions. |
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| Pray for the next phase of the Good Samaritan program, for people to begin buying Bibles for others, for work on the Themne and Krio Bibles and for our literacy projects. |
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