Talk:Liberian Kreyol

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Disputed[edit]

I've added the {{disputed}}-tag, as a number of things are wrong with it and I don't have the time to research and improve it right now. First, I've never heard of 'Kreyol' in the Liberian context; instead I've heard terms like 'Liberian English', 'Liberian Pidgin English', 'Kru English' and possibly 'Krio' (though that's more Sierra Leonean) being used to refer to Liberia's English-based creole. Second, I strongly doubt the language shows Bantu influences; it's a pidginized form of the American Black English of the 1800's and any influence from vernacular African languages in Liberia must have come from Atlantic or Kru languages after that time (Bantu languages aren't spoken anywhere near Liberia). — mark ✎ 09:27, 3 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Dispute Rebutted:

These links, along with others not listed, support the claim that there is a Liberian Kreyol as well as Haitian. They also support the statement that Liberian Kreyol has "...several Bantu languages as substrate languages.":

--199.4.155.10 16:31, 25 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Please note that these are outdated copies of the Wikipedia article creole language; they would at best constitute a circularity and reliable sources have still not been given.

I still don't have the time to research this issue, but the dispute tag has to stay. I'll explain my reasoning once again: if the Liberian-English creole has been formed in Liberia, any influence from vernacular African languages must have come from Atlantic or Kru languages, since Bantu languages aren't spoken anywhere near Liberia. There is another possibility of course: that this creole was formed among Africans in the diaspora before they were resettled in Liberia. In that case, it would be possible that there are Bantu influences; the slaves had their origins in Bantu-speaking territories. The bulk of slaves deported to the new world weren't speakers of Bantu languages, however. — mark ✎ 16:46, 25 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

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