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Krio.

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

4 characters1 syllables approx.English language

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

Where this word comes from

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

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.