Kriol
English
editEtymology
editFrom English creole.
Pronunciation
edit- (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈkɹiɒl/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkɹiːəʊl/, /ˈkɹeɪəʊl/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈkɹiːoʊl/
Proper noun
editKriol
- 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.