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	Although English, as the official language, is spoken in schools, government administration and the media, Krio is spoken as a lingua franca in virtually all parts of Sierra Leone. Krio, an [[English-based creole languages\|English-based creole language]], is the mother tongue of 10.5% of the population but is spoken by 90% of Sierra Leoneans.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Republic of Sierra Leone\|url=http://www.tlfq.ulaval.ca/axl/afrique/sierra_leone.htm\|publisher=Trésor de la langue française au Québec\|access-date=14 January 2013\|language=fr\|date=18 June 2009}}</ref>		Although English, as the official language, is spoken in schools, government administration and the media, Krio is spoken as a lingua franca in virtually all parts of Sierra Leone. Krio, an [[English-based creole languages\|English-based creole language]], is the mother tongue of 10.5% of the population but is spoken by 90% of Sierra Leoneans.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Republic of Sierra Leone\|url=http://www.tlfq.ulaval.ca/axl/afrique/sierra_leone.htm\|publisher=Trésor de la langue française au Québec\|access-date=14 January 2013\|language=fr\|date=18 June 2009}}</ref>

			After the contribution made by the [[Bangladesh UN Peacekeeping Force]] in the [[Sierra Leone Civil War]] under the [[United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone]], the government of Ahmad Tejan Kabbah declared [[Bengali language\|Bengali]] an honorary official language in December 2002.

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			\| country = Sierra Leone
			\| official = [[English language\|English]]
			\| unofficial = [[Krio language\|Krio]], [[Mende language\|Mende]], [[Temne language\|Temne]]
			\| sign = [[Sierra Leonean Sign Language]]
			\|indigenous=

			\|minority= [[Fula language\|Fula]], [[Klao language\|Klao]], [[Kissi language\|Kissi]], [[Kono language (Sierra Leone)\|Kono]], [[Kuranko language\|Kuranko]], [[Limba language\|Limba]], [[Loko language\|Loko]], [[Maninka language\|Maninka]], [[Pular language\|Pular]], [[Sherbro language\|Sherbro]], [[Sua language\|Sua]], [[Susu language\|Susu]], [[Yalunka language\|Yalunka]]

			\| keyboard = [[QWERTY]]<br />[[Image:KB United Kingdom.svg\|200px]]
			\|image=Advertising sign for Star beer, Pendembu, Sierra Leone (West Africa), 1967 (1709257876).jpg
			\|caption=Advertisement in English, [[Pendembu]]
			}}[[File:Sierra Leone ethnic groups.svg\|thumb\|Ethnolinguistic map of Sierra Leone]]

	[[Sierra Leone]] is a multilingual country.<ref>[http://www.ethnologue.com/country/SL Lewis, M. Paul, Gary F. Simons, and Charles D. Fennig (eds.). 2014. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Seventeenth edition. Dallas, Texas: SIL International. (Page on "Sierra Leone.)]</ref> [[English language\|English]] is the [[official language]], and [[Krio language\|Krio]] is the most widely spoken language among the different ethnic groups across Sierra Leone.<ref>[http://www.joshuaproject.net/people-profile.php?peo3=11244&rog3=SL "Sierra Leone languages"], Joshua Project</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.language9.com/languages/translation/krio-translation.html \|title=Krio Translation Services \|publisher=Language9.com \|access-date=20 May 2012}}</ref><ref name="https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/181">{{Cite book \|last1 = Oyètádé \|first1 = B. Akíntúndé \|last2 = Fashole-Luke \|first2 = Victor\|title = Language and National Identity in Africa \|place = Oxford \|publisher = Oxford University Press \|chapter = Sierra Leone: Krio and the Quest for National Integration \|pages = 122–140 \|chapter-url = https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/181\|date = 15 February 2008 \|isbn = 978-0-19-928675-1 }}</ref>		[[Sierra Leone]] is a multilingual country.<ref>[http://www.ethnologue.com/country/SL Lewis, M. Paul, Gary F. Simons, and Charles D. Fennig (eds.). 2014. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Seventeenth edition. Dallas, Texas: SIL International. (Page on "Sierra Leone.)]</ref> [[English language\|English]] is the [[official language]], and [[Krio language\|Krio]] is the most widely spoken language among the different ethnic groups across Sierra Leone.<ref>[http://www.joshuaproject.net/people-profile.php?peo3=11244&rog3=SL "Sierra Leone languages"], Joshua Project</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.language9.com/languages/translation/krio-translation.html \|title=Krio Translation Services \|publisher=Language9.com \|access-date=20 May 2012}}</ref><ref name="https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/181">{{Cite book \|last1 = Oyètádé \|first1 = B. Akíntúndé \|last2 = Fashole-Luke \|first2 = Victor\|title = Language and National Identity in Africa \|place = Oxford \|publisher = Oxford University Press \|chapter = Sierra Leone: Krio and the Quest for National Integration \|pages = 122–140 \|chapter-url = https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/181\|date = 15 February 2008 \|isbn = 978-0-19-928675-1 }}</ref>

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	[[Sierra Leone]] is a multilingual country.<ref>[http://www.ethnologue.com/country/SL Lewis, M. Paul, Gary F. Simons, and Charles D. Fennig (eds.). 2014. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Seventeenth edition. Dallas, Texas: SIL International. (Page on "Sierra Leone.)]</ref> [[English language\|English]] is the [[official language]], and [[Krio language\|Krio]] is the most widely spoken language among the different ethnic groups across Sierra Leone.<ref>[http://www.joshuaproject.net/people-profile.php?peo3=11244&rog3=SL "Sierra Leone languages"], Joshua Project</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.language9.com/languages/translation/krio-translation.html \|title=Krio Translation Services \|publisher=Language9.com \|access-date=20 May 2012}}</ref><ref name="https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/181">{{Cite book \|last1 = Oyètádé \|first1 = B. Akíntúndé \|last2 = Fashole-Luke \|first2 = Victor\|title = Language and National Identity in Africa \|place = Oxford \|publisher = Oxford University Press \|chapter = Sierra Leone: Krio and the Quest for National Integration \|pages = 122–140 \|chapter-url = https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/181\|date = 15 February 2008 \|isbn = 978-0-19-928675-1 }}</ref>		[[Sierra Leone]] is a multilingual country.<ref>[http://www.ethnologue.com/country/SL Lewis, M. Paul, Gary F. Simons, and Charles D. Fennig (eds.). 2014. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Seventeenth edition. Dallas, Texas: SIL International. (Page on "Sierra Leone.)]</ref> [[English language\|English]] is the [[official language]], and [[Krio language\|Krio]] is the most widely spoken language among the different ethnic groups across Sierra Leone.<ref>[http://www.joshuaproject.net/people-profile.php?peo3=11244&rog3=SL "Sierra Leone languages"], Joshua Project</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.language9.com/languages/translation/krio-translation.html \|title=Krio Translation Services \|publisher=Language9.com \|access-date=20 May 2012}}</ref><ref name="https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/181">{{Cite book \|last1 = Oyètádé \|first1 = B. Akíntúndé \|last2 = Fashole-Luke \|first2 = Victor\|title = Language and National Identity in Africa \|place = Oxford \|publisher = Oxford University Press \|chapter = Sierra Leone: Krio and the Quest for National Integration \|pages = 122–140 \|chapter-url = https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/181\|date = 15 February 2008 \|isbn = 978-0-19-928675-1 }}</ref>

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 [[Sierra Leone]] is a multilingual country.<ref>[http://www.ethnologue.com/country/SL Lewis, M. Paul, Gary F. Simons, and Charles D. Fennig (eds.). 2014. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Seventeenth edition. Dallas, Texas: SIL International. (Page on "Sierra Leone.)]</ref> [[English language|English]] is the [[official language]], and [[Krio language|Krio]] is the most widely spoken language among the different ethnic groups across Sierra Leone.<ref>[http://www.joshuaproject.net/people-profile.php?peo3=11244&rog3=SL "Sierra Leone languages"], Joshua Project</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.language9.com/languages/translation/krio-translation.html |title=Krio Translation Services |publisher=Language9.com |access-date=20 May 2012}}</ref><ref name="https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/181">{{Cite book |last1 = Oyètádé |first1 = B. Akíntúndé |last2 = Fashole-Luke |first2 = Victor|title = Language and National Identity in Africa |place = Oxford |publisher = Oxford University Press |chapter = Sierra Leone: Krio and the Quest for National Integration |pages = 122–140 |chapter-url = https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/181|date = 15 February 2008 |isbn = 978-0-19-928675-1 }}</ref>
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 Although English, as the official language, is spoken in schools, government administration and the media, Krio is spoken as a lingua franca in virtually all parts of Sierra Leone. Krio, an [[English-based creole languages|English-based creole language]], is the mother tongue of 10.5% of the population but is spoken by 90% of Sierra Leoneans.<ref>{{cite web|title=Republic of Sierra Leone|url=http://www.tlfq.ulaval.ca/axl/afrique/sierra_leone.htm|publisher=Trésor de la langue française au Québec|access-date=14 January 2013|language=fr|date=18 June 2009}}</ref>
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	[[Sierra Leone]] is a multilingual country.<ref>[http://www.ethnologue.com/country/SL Lewis, M. Paul, Gary F. Simons, and Charles D. Fennig (eds.). 2014. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Seventeenth edition. Dallas, Texas: SIL International. (Page on "Sierra Leone.)]</ref> [[English language\|English]] is the [[official language]], and [[Krio language\|Krio]] is the most widely spoken language among the different ethnic groups across Sierra Leone.<ref>[http://www.joshuaproject.net/people-profile.php?peo3=11244&rog3=SL "Sierra Leone languages"], Joshua Project</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.language9.com/languages/translation/krio-translation.html \|title=Krio Translation Services \|publisher=Language9.com \|access-date=20 May 2012}}</ref><ref name="https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/181">{{Cite book \|last1 = Oyètádé \|first1 = B. Akíntúndé \|last2 = Fashole-Luke \|first2 = Victor\|title = Language and National Identity in Africa \|place = Oxford \|publisher = Oxford University Press \|chapter = Sierra Leone: Krio and the Quest for National Integration \|pages = 122–140 \|chapter-url = https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/181\|date = 15 February 2008 \|isbn = 978-0-19-928675-1 }}</ref>		[[Sierra Leone]] is a multilingual country.<ref>[http://www.ethnologue.com/country/SL Lewis, M. Paul, Gary F. Simons, and Charles D. Fennig (eds.). 2014. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Seventeenth edition. Dallas, Texas: SIL International. (Page on "Sierra Leone.)]</ref> [[English language\|English]] is the [[official language]], and [[Krio language\|Krio]] is the most widely spoken language among the different ethnic groups across Sierra Leone.<ref>[http://www.joshuaproject.net/people-profile.php?peo3=11244&rog3=SL "Sierra Leone languages"], Joshua Project</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.language9.com/languages/translation/krio-translation.html \|title=Krio Translation Services \|publisher=Language9.com \|access-date=20 May 2012}}</ref><ref name="https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/181">{{Cite book \|last1 = Oyètádé \|first1 = B. Akíntúndé \|last2 = Fashole-Luke \|first2 = Victor\|title = Language and National Identity in Africa \|place = Oxford \|publisher = Oxford University Press \|chapter = Sierra Leone: Krio and the Quest for National Integration \|pages = 122–140 \|chapter-url = https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/181\|date = 15 February 2008 \|isbn = 978-0-19-928675-1 }}</ref>

	Other major languages include [[Mende language\|Mende]], which is spoken by 31% of the population as a mother tongue and is also widely spoken in the southern, and most of the Eastern part of Sierra Leone. [[Temne language\|Temne]], which is spoken by 32% as a mother tongue, is also widely spoken in the northern province and the north Western province. Other languages include [[Kono language (Sierra Leone)\|Kono]], [[Kissi language\|Kissi]], [[Kuranko language\|Kuranko]], [[Limba language\|Limba]], [[Fula language\|Fula]] ([[Pular language\|Pular]]), [[Mandingo language\|Mandingo]] and [[Susu language\|Susu]]. In 2002, in a gesture of gratitude to [[Bangladesh]] for the contributions of the [[Bangladesh UN Peacekeeping Force]] deployed in Sierra Leone between 1991 and 2002, the President of Sierra Leone [[Ahmad Tejan Kabbah]] declared [[Bengali language\|Bengali]] as an honorary official language of Sierra Leone.<ref>{{Cite web \|url=https://archive.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/foreign-affairs/2017/02/23/bangla-language-sierra-leone \|title=Why Bangla is an official language in Sierra Leone \|date=2017-02-24 \|access-date=2022-10-26 \|website=[[Dhaka Tribune]] \|last=Online Report \|first=Tribune \|archive-url=https://archive.ph/Ah1DX \|archive-date=2022-10-26 \|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=https://thedailynewnation.com/news/125160/recounting-the-sacrifices-that-made-bangla-the-state-language \|title=Recounting the sacrifices that made Bangla the State Language \|newspaper=The New Nation \|accessdate=27 August 2023}}</ref>		Other major languages include [[Mende language\|Mende]], which is spoken by 31% of the population as a mother tongue and is also widely spoken in the southern, and most of the Eastern part of Sierra Leone. [[Temne language\|Temne]], which is spoken by 32% as a mother tongue, is also widely spoken in the northern province and the north Western province. Other languages include [[Kono language (Sierra Leone)\|Kono]], [[Kissi language\|Kissi]], [[Kuranko language\|Kuranko]], [[Limba language\|Limba]], [[Fula language\|Fula]] ([[Pular language\|Pular]]), [[Mandingo language\|Mandingo]] and [[Susu language\|Susu]].

	Although English, as the official language, is spoken in schools, government administration and the media, Krio is spoken as a lingua franca in virtually all parts of Sierra Leone. Krio, an [[English-based creole languages\|English-based creole language]], is the mother tongue of 10.5% of the population but is spoken by 90% of Sierra Leoneans.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Republic of Sierra Leone\|url=http://www.tlfq.ulaval.ca/axl/afrique/sierra_leone.htm\|publisher=Trésor de la langue française au Québec\|access-date=14 January 2013\|language=fr\|date=18 June 2009}}</ref>		Although English, as the official language, is spoken in schools, government administration and the media, Krio is spoken as a lingua franca in virtually all parts of Sierra Leone. Krio, an [[English-based creole languages\|English-based creole language]], is the mother tongue of 10.5% of the population but is spoken by 90% of Sierra Leoneans.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Republic of Sierra Leone\|url=http://www.tlfq.ulaval.ca/axl/afrique/sierra_leone.htm\|publisher=Trésor de la langue française au Québec\|access-date=14 January 2013\|language=fr\|date=18 June 2009}}</ref>

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	[[Sierra Leone]] is a multilingual country.<ref>[http://www.ethnologue.com/country/SL Lewis, M. Paul, Gary F. Simons, and Charles D. Fennig (eds.). 2014. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Seventeenth edition. Dallas, Texas: SIL International. (Page on "Sierra Leone.)]</ref> [[English language\|English]] is the [[official language]], and [[Krio language\|Krio]] is the most widely spoken language among the different ethnic groups across Sierra Leone.<ref>[http://www.joshuaproject.net/people-profile.php?peo3=11244&rog3=SL "Sierra Leone languages"], Joshua Project</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.language9.com/languages/translation/krio-translation.html \|title=Krio Translation Services \|publisher=Language9.com \|access-date=20 May 2012}}</ref><ref name="https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/181">{{Cite book \|last1 = Oyètádé \|first1 = B. Akíntúndé \|last2 = Fashole-Luke \|first2 = Victor\|title = Language and National Identity in Africa \|place = Oxford \|publisher = Oxford University Press \|chapter = Sierra Leone: Krio and the Quest for National Integration \|pages = 122–140 \|chapter-url = https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/181\|date = 15 February 2008 \|isbn = 978-0-19-928675-1 }}</ref>		[[Sierra Leone]] is a multilingual country.<ref>[http://www.ethnologue.com/country/SL Lewis, M. Paul, Gary F. Simons, and Charles D. Fennig (eds.). 2014. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Seventeenth edition. Dallas, Texas: SIL International. (Page on "Sierra Leone.)]</ref> [[English language\|English]] is the [[official language]], and [[Krio language\|Krio]] is the most widely spoken language among the different ethnic groups across Sierra Leone.<ref>[http://www.joshuaproject.net/people-profile.php?peo3=11244&rog3=SL "Sierra Leone languages"], Joshua Project</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.language9.com/languages/translation/krio-translation.html \|title=Krio Translation Services \|publisher=Language9.com \|access-date=20 May 2012}}</ref><ref name="https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/181">{{Cite book \|last1 = Oyètádé \|first1 = B. Akíntúndé \|last2 = Fashole-Luke \|first2 = Victor\|title = Language and National Identity in Africa \|place = Oxford \|publisher = Oxford University Press \|chapter = Sierra Leone: Krio and the Quest for National Integration \|pages = 122–140 \|chapter-url = https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/181\|date = 15 February 2008 \|isbn = 978-0-19-928675-1 }}</ref>

	Other major languages include [[Mende language\|Mende]], which is spoken by 31% of the population as a mother tongue and is also widely spoken in the southern, and most of the Eastern part of Sierra Leone. [[Temne language\|Temne]], which is spoken by 32% as a mother tongue, is also widely spoken in the northern province and the north Western province. Other languages include [[Kono language (Sierra Leone)\|Kono]], [[Kissi language\|Kissi]], [[Kuranko language\|Kuranko]], [[Limba language\|Limba]], [[Fula language\|Fula]] ([[Pular language\|Pular]]), [[Mandingo language\|Mandingo]] and [[Susu language\|Susu]]. In 2002, in a gesture of gratitude to [[Bangladesh]] for the contributions of the [[Bangladesh UN Peacekeeping Force]] deployed in Sierra Leone between 1991 and 2002, the President of Sierra Leone [[Ahmad Tejan Kabbah]] declared [[Bengali language\|Bengali]] as an honorary official language of Sierra Leone.<ref>{{Cite web \|url=https://archive.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/foreign-affairs/2017/02/23/bangla-language-sierra-leone \|title=Why Bangla is an official language in Sierra Leone \|date=2017-02-24 \|access-date=2022-10-26 \|website=[[Dhaka Tribune]] \|last=Online Report \|first=Tribune \|archive-url=https://archive.ph/Ah1DX \|archive-date=2022-10-26 \|url-status=live}}</ref>		Other major languages include [[Mende language\|Mende]], which is spoken by 31% of the population as a mother tongue and is also widely spoken in the southern, and most of the Eastern part of Sierra Leone. [[Temne language\|Temne]], which is spoken by 32% as a mother tongue, is also widely spoken in the northern province and the north Western province. Other languages include [[Kono language (Sierra Leone)\|Kono]], [[Kissi language\|Kissi]], [[Kuranko language\|Kuranko]], [[Limba language\|Limba]], [[Fula language\|Fula]] ([[Pular language\|Pular]]), [[Mandingo language\|Mandingo]] and [[Susu language\|Susu]]. In 2002, in a gesture of gratitude to [[Bangladesh]] for the contributions of the [[Bangladesh UN Peacekeeping Force]] deployed in Sierra Leone between 1991 and 2002, the President of Sierra Leone [[Ahmad Tejan Kabbah]] declared [[Bengali language\|Bengali]] as an honorary official language of Sierra Leone.<ref>{{Cite web \|url=https://archive.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/foreign-affairs/2017/02/23/bangla-language-sierra-leone \|title=Why Bangla is an official language in Sierra Leone \|date=2017-02-24 \|access-date=2022-10-26 \|website=[[Dhaka Tribune]] \|last=Online Report \|first=Tribune \|archive-url=https://archive.ph/Ah1DX \|archive-date=2022-10-26 \|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=https://thedailynewnation.com/news/125160/recounting-the-sacrifices-that-made-bangla-the-state-language \|title=Recounting the sacrifices that made Bangla the State Language \|newspaper=The New Nation \|accessdate=27 August 2023}}</ref>

	Although English, as the official language, is spoken in schools, government administration and the media, Krio is spoken as a lingua franca in virtually all parts of Sierra Leone. Krio, an [[English-based creole languages\|English-based creole language]], is the mother tongue of 10.5% of the population but is spoken by 90% of Sierra Leoneans.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Republic of Sierra Leone\|url=http://www.tlfq.ulaval.ca/axl/afrique/sierra_leone.htm\|publisher=Trésor de la langue française au Québec\|access-date=14 January 2013\|language=fr\|date=18 June 2009}}</ref>		Although English, as the official language, is spoken in schools, government administration and the media, Krio is spoken as a lingua franca in virtually all parts of Sierra Leone. Krio, an [[English-based creole languages\|English-based creole language]], is the mother tongue of 10.5% of the population but is spoken by 90% of Sierra Leoneans.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Republic of Sierra Leone\|url=http://www.tlfq.ulaval.ca/axl/afrique/sierra_leone.htm\|publisher=Trésor de la langue française au Québec\|access-date=14 January 2013\|language=fr\|date=18 June 2009}}</ref>

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	[[Sierra Leone]] is a multilingual country.<ref>[http://www.ethnologue.com/country/SL Lewis, M. Paul, Gary F. Simons, and Charles D. Fennig (eds.). 2014. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Seventeenth edition. Dallas, Texas: SIL International. (Page on "Sierra Leone.)]</ref> [[English language\|English]] is the [[official language]], and [[Krio language\|Krio]] is the most widely spoken language among the different ethnic groups across Sierra Leone.<ref>[http://www.joshuaproject.net/people-profile.php?peo3=11244&rog3=SL "Sierra Leone languages"], Joshua Project</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.language9.com/languages/translation/krio-translation.html \|title=Krio Translation Services \|publisher=Language9.com \|access-date=20 May 2012}}</ref><ref name="https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/181">{{Cite book \|last1 = Oyètádé \|first1 = B. Akíntúndé \|last2 = Fashole-Luke \|first2 = Victor\|title = Language and National Identity in Africa \|place = Oxford \|publisher = Oxford University Press \|chapter = Sierra Leone: Krio and the Quest for National Integration \|pages = 122–140 \|chapter-url = https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/181\|date = 15 February 2008 \|isbn = 978-0-19-928675-1 }}</ref>		[[Sierra Leone]] is a multilingual country.<ref>[http://www.ethnologue.com/country/SL Lewis, M. Paul, Gary F. Simons, and Charles D. Fennig (eds.). 2014. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Seventeenth edition. Dallas, Texas: SIL International. (Page on "Sierra Leone.)]</ref> [[English language\|English]] is the [[official language]], and [[Krio language\|Krio]] is the most widely spoken language among the different ethnic groups across Sierra Leone.<ref>[http://www.joshuaproject.net/people-profile.php?peo3=11244&rog3=SL "Sierra Leone languages"], Joshua Project</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.language9.com/languages/translation/krio-translation.html \|title=Krio Translation Services \|publisher=Language9.com \|access-date=20 May 2012}}</ref><ref name="https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/181">{{Cite book \|last1 = Oyètádé \|first1 = B. Akíntúndé \|last2 = Fashole-Luke \|first2 = Victor\|title = Language and National Identity in Africa \|place = Oxford \|publisher = Oxford University Press \|chapter = Sierra Leone: Krio and the Quest for National Integration \|pages = 122–140 \|chapter-url = https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/181\|date = 15 February 2008 \|isbn = 978-0-19-928675-1 }}</ref>

	Other major languages include [[Mende language\|Mende]], which is spoken by 31% of the population as a mother tongue and is also widely spoken in the southern, and most of the Eastern part of Sierra Leone. [[Temne language\|Temne]], which is spoken by 32% as a mother tongue, is also widely spoken in the northern province and the north Western province. Other languages include [[Kono language (Sierra Leone)\|Kono]], [[Kissi language\|Kissi]], [[Kuranko language\|Kuranko]], [[Limba language\|Limba]], [[Fula language\|Fula]] ([[Pular language\|Pular]]), [[Mandingo language\|Mandingo]] and [[Susu language\|Susu]].		Other major languages include [[Mende language\|Mende]], which is spoken by 31% of the population as a mother tongue and is also widely spoken in the southern, and most of the Eastern part of Sierra Leone. [[Temne language\|Temne]], which is spoken by 32% as a mother tongue, is also widely spoken in the northern province and the north Western province. Other languages include [[Kono language (Sierra Leone)\|Kono]], [[Kissi language\|Kissi]], [[Kuranko language\|Kuranko]], [[Limba language\|Limba]], [[Fula language\|Fula]] ([[Pular language\|Pular]]), [[Mandingo language\|Mandingo]] and [[Susu language\|Susu]]. In 2002, in a gesture of gratitude to [[Bangladesh]] for the contributions of the [[Bangladesh UN Peacekeeping Force]] deployed in Sierra Leone between 1991 and 2002, the President of Sierra Leone [[Ahmad Tejan Kabbah]] declared [[Bengali language\|Bengali]] as an honorary official language of Sierra Leone.<ref>{{Cite web \|url=https://archive.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/foreign-affairs/2017/02/23/bangla-language-sierra-leone \|title=Why Bangla is an official language in Sierra Leone \|date=2017-02-24 \|access-date=2022-10-26 \|website=[[Dhaka Tribune]] \|last=Online Report \|first=Tribune \|archive-url=https://archive.ph/Ah1DX \|archive-date=2022-10-26 \|url-status=live}}</ref>

	Although English, as the official language, is spoken in schools, government administration and the media, Krio is spoken as a lingua franca in virtually all parts of Sierra Leone. Krio, an [[English-based creole languages\|English-based creole language]], is the mother tongue of 10.5% of the population but is spoken by 90% of Sierra Leoneans.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Republic of Sierra Leone\|url=http://www.tlfq.ulaval.ca/axl/afrique/sierra_leone.htm\|publisher=Trésor de la langue française au Québec\|access-date=14 January 2013\|language=fr\|date=18 June 2009}}</ref>		Although English, as the official language, is spoken in schools, government administration and the media, Krio is spoken as a lingua franca in virtually all parts of Sierra Leone. Krio, an [[English-based creole languages\|English-based creole language]], is the mother tongue of 10.5% of the population but is spoken by 90% of Sierra Leoneans.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Republic of Sierra Leone\|url=http://www.tlfq.ulaval.ca/axl/afrique/sierra_leone.htm\|publisher=Trésor de la langue française au Québec\|access-date=14 January 2013\|language=fr\|date=18 June 2009}}</ref>

RiazACU: this is not real. Bengali is not official language of Sierra Leone.

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this is not real. Bengali is not official language of Sierra Leone.

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	[[Sierra Leone]] is a multilingual country.<ref>[http://www.ethnologue.com/country/SL Lewis, M. Paul, Gary F. Simons, and Charles D. Fennig (eds.). 2014. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Seventeenth edition. Dallas, Texas: SIL International. (Page on "Sierra Leone.)]</ref> [[English language\|English]] is the [[official language]], and [[Krio language\|Krio]] is the most widely spoken language among the different ethnic groups across Sierra Leone.<ref>[http://www.joshuaproject.net/people-profile.php?peo3=11244&rog3=SL "Sierra Leone languages"], Joshua Project</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.language9.com/languages/translation/krio-translation.html \|title=Krio Translation Services \|publisher=Language9.com \|access-date=20 May 2012}}</ref><ref name="https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/181">{{Cite book \|last1 = Oyètádé \|first1 = B. Akíntúndé \|last2 = Fashole-Luke \|first2 = Victor\|title = Language and National Identity in Africa \|place = Oxford \|publisher = Oxford University Press \|chapter = Sierra Leone: Krio and the Quest for National Integration \|pages = 122–140 \|chapter-url = https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/181\|date = 15 February 2008 \|isbn = 978-0-19-928675-1 }}</ref>		[[Sierra Leone]] is a multilingual country.<ref>[http://www.ethnologue.com/country/SL Lewis, M. Paul, Gary F. Simons, and Charles D. Fennig (eds.). 2014. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Seventeenth edition. Dallas, Texas: SIL International. (Page on "Sierra Leone.)]</ref> [[English language\|English]] is the [[official language]], and [[Krio language\|Krio]] is the most widely spoken language among the different ethnic groups across Sierra Leone.<ref>[http://www.joshuaproject.net/people-profile.php?peo3=11244&rog3=SL "Sierra Leone languages"], Joshua Project</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.language9.com/languages/translation/krio-translation.html \|title=Krio Translation Services \|publisher=Language9.com \|access-date=20 May 2012}}</ref><ref name="https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/181">{{Cite book \|last1 = Oyètádé \|first1 = B. Akíntúndé \|last2 = Fashole-Luke \|first2 = Victor\|title = Language and National Identity in Africa \|place = Oxford \|publisher = Oxford University Press \|chapter = Sierra Leone: Krio and the Quest for National Integration \|pages = 122–140 \|chapter-url = https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/181\|date = 15 February 2008 \|isbn = 978-0-19-928675-1 }}</ref>

	Other major languages include [[Mende language\|Mende]], which is spoken by 31% of the population as a mother tongue and is also widely spoken in the southern, and most of the Eastern part of Sierra Leone. [[Temne language\|Temne]], which is spoken by 32% as a mother tongue, is also widely spoken in the northern province and the north Western province. Other languages include [[Kono language (Sierra Leone)\|Kono]], [[Kissi language\|Kissi]], [[Kuranko language\|Kuranko]], [[Limba language\|Limba]], [[Fula language\|Fula]] ([[Pular language\|Pular]]), [[Mandingo language\|Mandingo]] and [[Susu language\|Susu]]. In 2002, in a gesture of gratitude to [[Bangladesh]] for the contributions of the [[Bangladesh UN Peacekeeping Force]] deployed in Sierra Leone between 1991 and 2002, the President of Sierra Leone [[Ahmad Tejan Kabbah]] declared [[Bengali language\|Bengali]] as an honorary official language of Sierra Leone.<ref>{{Cite web \|url=https://archive.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/foreign-affairs/2017/02/23/bangla-language-sierra-leone \|title=Why Bangla is an official language in Sierra Leone \|date=2017-02-24 \|access-date=2022-10-26 \|website=[[Dhaka Tribune]] \|last=Online Report \|first=Tribune \|archive-url=https://archive.ph/Ah1DX \|archive-date=2022-10-26 \|url-status=live}}</ref>		Other major languages include [[Mende language\|Mende]], which is spoken by 31% of the population as a mother tongue and is also widely spoken in the southern, and most of the Eastern part of Sierra Leone. [[Temne language\|Temne]], which is spoken by 32% as a mother tongue, is also widely spoken in the northern province and the north Western province. Other languages include [[Kono language (Sierra Leone)\|Kono]], [[Kissi language\|Kissi]], [[Kuranko language\|Kuranko]], [[Limba language\|Limba]], [[Fula language\|Fula]] ([[Pular language\|Pular]]), [[Mandingo language\|Mandingo]] and [[Susu language\|Susu]].

	Although English, as the official language, is spoken in schools, government administration and the media, Krio is spoken as a lingua franca in virtually all parts of Sierra Leone. Krio, an [[English-based creole languages\|English-based creole language]], is the mother tongue of 10.5% of the population but is spoken by 90% of Sierra Leoneans.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Republic of Sierra Leone\|url=http://www.tlfq.ulaval.ca/axl/afrique/sierra_leone.htm\|publisher=Trésor de la langue française au Québec\|access-date=14 January 2013\|language=fr\|date=18 June 2009}}</ref>		Although English, as the official language, is spoken in schools, government administration and the media, Krio is spoken as a lingua franca in virtually all parts of Sierra Leone. Krio, an [[English-based creole languages\|English-based creole language]], is the mother tongue of 10.5% of the population but is spoken by 90% of Sierra Leoneans.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Republic of Sierra Leone\|url=http://www.tlfq.ulaval.ca/axl/afrique/sierra_leone.htm\|publisher=Trésor de la langue française au Québec\|access-date=14 January 2013\|language=fr\|date=18 June 2009}}</ref>

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	{{Languages of		{{Languages of
	\| country = Sierra Leone		\| country = Sierra Leone
	\| official = [[English language\|English~~]] [[Bengali language\|Bengali~~]]		\| official = [[English language\|English]]
	\| unofficial = [[Krio language\|Krio]], [[Mende language\|Mende]], [[Temne language\|Temne]]		\| unofficial = [[Krio language\|Krio]], [[Mende language\|Mende]], [[Temne language\|Temne]]
	\| sign = [[Sierra Leonean Sign Language]]		\| sign = [[Sierra Leonean Sign Language]]
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	\|caption=Advertisement in English, [[Pendembu]]		\|caption=Advertisement in English, [[Pendembu]]
	}}[[File:Sierra Leone ethnic groups.svg\|thumb\|Ethnolinguistic map of Sierra Leone]]		}}[[File:Sierra Leone ethnic groups.svg\|thumb\|Ethnolinguistic map of Sierra Leone]]
	[[Sierra Leone]] is a multilingual country.<ref>[http://www.ethnologue.com/country/SL Lewis, M. Paul, Gary F. Simons, and Charles D. Fennig (eds.). 2014. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Seventeenth edition. Dallas, Texas: SIL International. (Page on "Sierra Leone.)]</ref> [[English language\|English~~]] & [[Bengali language\| Bengali~~]] is the [[official language]], and [[Krio language\|Krio]] is the most widely spoken language among the different ethnic groups across Sierra Leone.<ref>[http://www.joshuaproject.net/people-profile.php?peo3=11244&rog3=SL "Sierra Leone languages"], Joshua Project</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.language9.com/languages/translation/krio-translation.html \|title=Krio Translation Services \|publisher=Language9.com \|access-date=20 May 2012}}</ref><ref name="https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/181">{{Cite book \|last1 = Oyètádé \|first1 = B. Akíntúndé \|last2 = Fashole-Luke \|first2 = Victor\|title = Language and National Identity in Africa \|place = Oxford \|publisher = Oxford University Press \|chapter = Sierra Leone: Krio and the Quest for National Integration \|pages = 122–140 \|chapter-url = https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/181\|date = 15 February 2008 \|isbn = 978-0-19-928675-1 }}</ref>		[[Sierra Leone]] is a multilingual country.<ref>[http://www.ethnologue.com/country/SL Lewis, M. Paul, Gary F. Simons, and Charles D. Fennig (eds.). 2014. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Seventeenth edition. Dallas, Texas: SIL International. (Page on "Sierra Leone.)]</ref> [[English language\|English]] is the [[official language]], and [[Krio language\|Krio]] is the most widely spoken language among the different ethnic groups across Sierra Leone.<ref>[http://www.joshuaproject.net/people-profile.php?peo3=11244&rog3=SL "Sierra Leone languages"], Joshua Project</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.language9.com/languages/translation/krio-translation.html \|title=Krio Translation Services \|publisher=Language9.com \|access-date=20 May 2012}}</ref><ref name="https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/181">{{Cite book \|last1 = Oyètádé \|first1 = B. Akíntúndé \|last2 = Fashole-Luke \|first2 = Victor\|title = Language and National Identity in Africa \|place = Oxford \|publisher = Oxford University Press \|chapter = Sierra Leone: Krio and the Quest for National Integration \|pages = 122–140 \|chapter-url = https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/181\|date = 15 February 2008 \|isbn = 978-0-19-928675-1 }}</ref>

	Other major languages include [[Mende language\|Mende]], which is spoken by 31% of the population as a mother tongue and is also widely spoken in the southern, and most of the Eastern part of Sierra Leone. [[Temne language\|Temne]], which is spoken by 32% as a mother tongue, is also widely spoken in the northern province and the north Western province. Other languages include [[Kono language (Sierra Leone)\|Kono]], [[Kissi language\|Kissi]], [[Kuranko language\|Kuranko]], [[Limba language\|Limba]], [[Fula language\|Fula]] ([[Pular language\|Pular]]), [[Mandingo language\|Mandingo]] and [[Susu language\|Susu]].		Other major languages include [[Mende language\|Mende]], which is spoken by 31% of the population as a mother tongue and is also widely spoken in the southern, and most of the Eastern part of Sierra Leone. [[Temne language\|Temne]], which is spoken by 32% as a mother tongue, is also widely spoken in the northern province and the north Western province. Other languages include [[Kono language (Sierra Leone)\|Kono]], [[Kissi language\|Kissi]], [[Kuranko language\|Kuranko]], [[Limba language\|Limba]], [[Fula language\|Fula]] ([[Pular language\|Pular]]), [[Mandingo language\|Mandingo]] and [[Susu language\|Susu]]. In 2002, in a gesture of gratitude to [[Bangladesh]] for the contributions of the [[Bangladesh UN Peacekeeping Force]] deployed in Sierra Leone between 1991 and 2002, the President of Sierra Leone [[Ahmad Tejan Kabbah]] declared [[Bengali language\|Bengali]] as an honorary official language of Sierra Leone.<ref>{{Cite web \|url=https://archive.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/foreign-affairs/2017/02/23/bangla-language-sierra-leone \|title=Why Bangla is an official language in Sierra Leone \|date=2017-02-24 \|access-date=2022-10-26 \|website=[[Dhaka Tribune]] \|last=Online Report \|first=Tribune \|archive-url=https://archive.ph/Ah1DX \|archive-date=2022-10-26 \|url-status=live}}</ref>

	Although English, as the official language, is spoken in schools, government administration and the media, Krio is spoken as a lingua franca in virtually all parts of Sierra Leone. Krio, an [[English-based creole languages\|English-based creole language]], is the mother tongue of 10.5% of the population but is spoken by 90% of Sierra Leoneans.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Republic of Sierra Leone\|url=http://www.tlfq.ulaval.ca/axl/afrique/sierra_leone.htm\|publisher=Trésor de la langue française au Québec\|access-date=14 January 2013\|language=fr\|date=18 June 2009}}</ref>		Although English, as the official language, is spoken in schools, government administration and the media, Krio is spoken as a lingua franca in virtually all parts of Sierra Leone. Krio, an [[English-based creole languages\|English-based creole language]], is the mother tongue of 10.5% of the population but is spoken by 90% of Sierra Leoneans.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Republic of Sierra Leone\|url=http://www.tlfq.ulaval.ca/axl/afrique/sierra_leone.htm\|publisher=Trésor de la langue française au Québec\|access-date=14 January 2013\|language=fr\|date=18 June 2009}}</ref>