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AKU

Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language | 1998 | | Â© Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language 1998, originally published by Oxford University Press 1998. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

AKU, also Aku Talk, Gambian Krio. An English-based creole spoken in GAMBIA and closely related to KRIO in SIERRA LEONE. See WEST AFRICAN PIDGIN ENGLISH.

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