Liberian English
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Liberian English is a group of English dialects spoken in Liberia that blend Standard English with local languages and unique phonological and grammatical features.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Liberian English canonical | 2 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
English dialect
ⓘ
dialect continuum ⓘ variety of English ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Liberian diaspora communities ⓘ |
| basedOn | English language ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Ghanaian English
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Nigerian English NERFINISHED ⓘ West African English NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Liberia ⓘ |
| developedSince | 19th century ⓘ |
| hasDialect |
Konglish (Liberian Kongo English)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kru Pidgin English NERFINISHED ⓘ Merico English NERFINISHED ⓘ Settler English NERFINISHED ⓘ Standard Liberian English NERFINISHED ⓘ Vernacular Liberian English NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasGrammaticalFeature |
simplified tense and aspect marking in more basilectal varieties
ⓘ
use of invariant question tags in some varieties ⓘ variable marking of third person singular present tense -s ⓘ |
| hasLexicalFeature | loanwords from Liberian Kreyol and indigenous languages ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
influence of tonal patterns from local languages on intonation
ⓘ
reduction or absence of final consonant clusters in some varieties ⓘ variable realization of interdental fricatives /θ/ and /ð/ ⓘ |
| hasRegister |
acrolect
ⓘ
basilect ⓘ mesolect ⓘ |
| hasStatus | de facto national language variety of Liberia ⓘ |
| hasSuperstrate | English language ⓘ |
| hasWritingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
| historicalInfluence |
African American Vernacular English
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
American English NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Atlantic languages
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kru languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Liberian Kreyol NERFINISHED ⓘ Mande languages NERFINISHED ⓘ indigenous Liberian languages ⓘ |
| ISO639Status | not separately coded from English ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Germanic languages
ⓘ
Indo-European language family ⓘ
surface form:
Indo-European languages
|
| region | West Africa ⓘ |
| spokenIn | Liberia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subfamily | West Germanic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedAs | lingua franca in Liberia ⓘ |
| usedIn |
education in Liberia
ⓘ
government in Liberia ⓘ media in Liberia ⓘ urban areas of Liberia ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.