| has URI | http://lexvo.org/id/term/language/kri |
| has gloss | eng: Aku is a variety of Sierra Leone Krio, an English-based Creole language of Western Africa. Aku is spoken in Gambia, mainly by the Aku people, who are descendants of the Sierra Leone Creole people. In many ways the Akus are an extension of the Sierra Leone Creole community. |
| has gloss | eng: Krio is the lingua franca and the de facto national language spoken throughout the West African nation of Sierra Leone. Krio is spoken by 97% of Sierra Leones population and unites all the different ethnic groups in the country, especially in their trade and social interaction with each other. The Krio is the primary language of communication among Sierra Leoneans both at home and abroad. The language is native to the Sierra Leone Creole people or Krios, (a community of about 300,000 descendants of freed slaves from the West Indies, United States and Britain), but it is spoken as a second language by millions of other Sierra Leoneans belonging to the countrys indigenous tribes. English is Sierra Leone's official language while Krio, despite its common use throughout the country, has no official status. |
| lexicalization | eng: Aku |
| subclass of | e/English-based creole languages |
| instance of | http://dbpedia.org/resource/English-based_creole_languages |
| instance of | http://www.mpii.de/yago/resource/English-based_creole_languages |