Languages_of_Liberia

Languages of Liberia

Languages of Liberia

Languages of the country and its peoples

Liberia is a multilingual country where more than 20 indigenous languages are spoken. English is the official language, and Liberian Kreyol is the vernacular lingua franca, though mostly spoken as a second language. The native Niger-Congo languages can be grouped in four language families: Mande, Kru, Mel, and the divergent language Grebo

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.[1][2] Kpelle-speaking people are the largest single linguistic group.

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  1. [1]
    Ethnologue page on Languages of Liberia Archived 2011-10-18 at the Wayback Machine
  2. [2]
    Aménagement linguistique dans le monde - Liberia
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