Editing Liberian English (section)

==Kolokwa==
Prior to the twenty-first century, Liberians used the term "English" for all Liberian varieties with an English lexicon. However, linguists used the term "Vernacular Liberian English" for the variety that was generally spoken. Now Kolokwa has become the general term for this variety. Kolokwa developed from the West African Pidgin English spoken all along the West African coast. It has been significantly influenced by Liberian Settler English, the variety that African American immigrants brought to Liberia in the nineteenth century and is spoken today by the immigrants' descendants. Kolokwa phonology owes much to the Niger-Congo languages, especially those spoken along the coast, primarily such [[Kru languages]] as Bassa and Klao but also the Mande language Vai.  Kolokwa has been analysed as being a [[post-creole continuum]]. As such, the term "Kolokwa" covers a range of ways of speaking, from quite distinct from International English to much closer to it.{{sfn|Singler|1997}}