Krio edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Yoruba Ọ̀sanyìn (God who divines by ventreloquism).[1]

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ɔ̀sɔ́ín

  1. a deaf person whose speech is nasal

References edit

  1. ^ Clifford N. Fyle, Eldred D. Jones (1980) A Krio-English dictionary[1], USA: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 278