Examples of 'kriol' in a sentence

Meaning of "kriol"

Kriol is a language spoken in parts of Northern Australia, derived from English and various Indigenous languages
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  • A creole language widely spoken by Australian Aborigines in Arnhem Land; Roper River creole; Australian Kriol.
  • The Belizean Creole; descendants of African slaves who were brought primarily from Jamaica and Nicaragua's Mosquito Coast to cut down mahogany trees in Belize.
  • A Portuguese-based creole spoken in Guinea-Bissau.

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It is also called kriolu or kriol by its native speakers.
Kriol does not have a habitual aspect in its own right.
Most of the younger generation now speak a variety of kriol.
Kriol might best be described as the lingua franca of the nation.
Australian kriol language.
Kriol and Spanish are also widely spoken.
The language contains many loanwords from Kriol.
Some speakers of Kriol prefer to refer to their language by their unique name.
Most now speak a variety of Kriol.
Kriol developed out of the African cultures that slaves brought with them to the Caribbean.
The present tense verb is not marked overtly in Kriol.
Locatives are more frequently used in Kriol and much more productive than in Standard English.
Mesolectal forms are similar to very basilectal Belizean Kriol.
Belize Kriol is derived mainly from English.
Lexically there is a mix between Kriol and Gurindji.

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Their first language is Kriol with some Gooniyandi and Walmajarri being spoken.
It is also home to indigenous Rama and Kriol people.
Belizean Kriol language.
Later this was replaced by Kriol.
Kriol makes use of eleven vowels ; nine monophthongs, three diphthongs and schwa.
Stress is word initial for words of both Gurindji and Kriol origin.
Unlike most creoles, Kriol has a standardized orthography.
NOSi presents the igrpweb platform and launches the Kriol campaign.
The Kriol language was invented in slavery, and historically only spoken by them.
The whole Bible has been published in Kriol.
Steeped in Kriol culture, the Bram is a combination of singing while walking through the streets.
Few learn to speak the Belizean Kriol language.
Kriol was historically spoken by the Kriols, a population of mainly African and British ancestry.
One early musical success has been the Kriol Jazz Festival.
Two-thirds of the Kriol population resides in Belize City.
Most of the verbs in Light Warlpiri are from English and some Kriol.
Populations of Kriol and Garífuna people are more concentrated on the country 's Caribbean Coast.
Most Portuguese and Mestiços speak one of the African languages and Kriol as second languages.
Which " has various translations in Kriol.
Also in the headquarters of the Rama Territorial Government, Kriol in the city of Bluefields.
Language, English is official language, Kriol.
The languages spoken in this community include Alawa, Kriol and English.
This year 's AME took place in the days before the Kriol Jazz Festival.

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