English

Proper noun

Krio

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

See also

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

Krio

Etymology

English creole

Proper noun

Krio

1. Krio

Esperanto

Noun

krio ‎(accusative singular krion, plural krioj, accusative plural kriojn)

1. cry, shout

Portuguese

Etymology

From Krio Krio, from English creole, from Spanish criollo via French, from Portuguese crioulo, from Latin creō ‎(“I create”).

Noun

krio m (uncountable)

1. Krio language (ISO 639-3: kri)