Krio

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

Krio

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

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

• Kori, kori

From Portuguese crioulo (“creole”).

• IPA^(key): /krì.ó/

Krìó

1. Creole (person)

Krìó

1. Krio (language)

• → English: Krio

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