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Learn how to speak Krio
Sierra Leonean Creole, Krio or
Patois (archaic) 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 Leone's
population and unites the different ethnic groups in the
country, especially in their trade and social interaction
with each other. Krio is the primary language of
communication among Sierra Leoneans 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 the British
Empire), and is spoken as a second language by millions of
other Sierra Leoneans belonging to the country's indigenous
tribes. English is Sierra Leone's official language, while
Krio, despite its common use throughout the country, has no
official status.
This foreign
language course was developed by groups commissioned by the
government. It is meant to be used as a crash course in
a foreign language for basic conversational ability by a
foreign traveler or diplomat. It is an introductory
course meant for beginners and includes basic conversational
language by native speakers.
This course
consists of a basic introduction to Krio, with text and audio files.
There are 44 files in mp3 format, with a 405 page student text in PDF
format. Adobe Reader is
required to view the PDF files, while the mp3 files can be
listened to by any audio player on your PC.
Total run
time of course: Approx 8 hours in audio length
A must have resource for any foreign traveler!
Notice:
Please note, this disk is only for use in your computer's
drive! It will NOT play in the DVD Player hooked up to
your TV or the CD player in your car!
This is a DVD-ROM disk, so you need a DVD-ROM drive on your PC
to play it.
This disk contains this
foreign language course in MP3 format. This is not for
use in your CD player, it is not for your DVD player, even
if they play MP3 disks. This disk is only formatted to
be opened in your computer. You have to insert this
disk in your PC, click on "My Computer" and click on the
disk to open the files. You can copy the MP3 files to
your PC, and then load them on to any MP3 player of your
choice. Please note: that if you try to
play this disk on anything other than your computer, it
won't work! |
