Languages Sierra Leone, in 36 editions.

English (official); regular use limited to literate minority; principal
vernaculars are Mende in south and Temne in north; Krio is the language of
the resettled ex-slave population of the Freetown area and is lingua franca

English (official); (official; regular use limited to literate minority; principal
vernaculars are minority), Mende
principal vernacular in south and the south, Temne principal vernacular in north; the north,
Krio is the language of
the resettled re-settled ex-slave population of the Freetown area
and is lingua franca

English (official; regular use limited to literate minority), Mende
principal vernacular in the south, Temne principal vernacular in the north,
north, Krio the language of the re-settled ex-slave population of the
Freetown area
and is lingua franca

English (official; regular use limited to literate
minority), Mende
principal (principal vernacular in the south, south), Temne principal (principal
vernacular in the
north, north), Krio the (the language of the re-settled
ex-slave population of the
Freetown area and is lingua franca franca)

English (official; (official, regular use limited to literate
minority), Mende (principal vernacular in the south), Temne (principal
(principal vernacular in the north), Krio (the language of the re-settled
re-settled ex-slave population of the Freetown area and is lingua
franca)

English (official, regular use limited to literate
minority), Mende (principal vernacular in the south), Temne
(principal
vernacular in the north), Krio (the language of the
re-settled
ex-slave population of the Freetown area and is lingua
franca)

English (official, regular use limited to literate
minority), Mende (principal vernacular in the south), Temne (principal
vernacular in the north), Krio (the language of (English-based Creole, spoken by the re-settled
ex-slave population descendents of freed Jamaican slaves who were settled in the Freetown area and is
area, a lingua franca) franca and a first language for 10% of the population
but understood by 95%)

English (official, regular use limited to literate
minority), Mende (principal vernacular in the south), Temne (principal
(principal vernacular in the north), Krio (English-based Creole,
spoken by the
descendents of freed Jamaican slaves who were settled
in the Freetown
area, a lingua franca and a first language for 10%
of the population
but understood by 95%)

English (official, regular use limited to literate
minority), Mende (principal vernacular in the south), Temne
(principal vernacular in the north), Krio (English-based Creole,
spoken by the descendents descendants of freed Jamaican slaves who were settled
in the Freetown area, a lingua franca and a first language for 10%
of the population but understood by 95%)

English (official, regular use limited to literate minority), Mende (principal vernacular in the south), Temne (principal vernacular in the north), Krio (English-based Creole, spoken by the descendants of freed Jamaican slaves who were settled in the Freetown area, a lingua franca and slaves; a first language for 10% of the population but understood by 95%)