Sierra Leonean English is the dialect of English spoken by Sierra Leoneans which has been heavily influenced by the Sierra Leone Creole people.Saidu Bangura, 2015 A Roadmap to Sierra Leone English: A Sociohistorical and Ecological Perspective, Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, PhD thesis, p. 124, 222, 232-242.

Pronunciation Sierra Leonean English realises as a voiced uvular fricative , or, more rarely, a uvular trill . This is rare among accents of English.

See also Krio language, an English-based creole language originally spoken by the Sierra Leone Creole people in Sierra Leone and today the country's main lingua franca. Northumbrian burr, a feature of northern English which also has a uvular pronunciation of

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