Alternate Names: Liberian Pidgin English
Dialects: Kru Pidgin English. Regional dialects.
Genealogy:
Demographics: L2 users: 1,500,000 (1984 census).
Language Use: Used as L2 by Bassa [bsq], Gbii [ggb].
Language Development: Radio programs.
Nation of Origin: Liberia
Other Comments: As different from standard English as is Sierra Leone Krio , repidginized from American Black English of the 1800s (Holm 1989).