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Americo-Liberian, American, Brokes English, Kwasai English, Waterside English, Water Street English
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The original settlers numbered 19,000 in 1860. By 1975 the language was partly
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Separate particles are used to indicate some verb tenses:
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between 1821 and the 1870s. It is distinguished from
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Americo-Liberians
Language family
English Creole
West African Pidgin English
ISO 639-3
English-based creole language
Liberia
Americo-Liberians
African Americans
United States
Liberian Kreyol
Kru
Gullah
Jamaican Creole
decreolized
suffix
verb expressing "to be"
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Krio language






Hancock, Ian F.
"Some aspects of English in Liberia"
Dillard, Joey Lee
ISBN

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