Fanagalo

noun

Fa·​na·​ga·​lo

ˌfänəgəˈlō

variants or Fanakalo

-nəkə-

plural -s

: a pidgin language based on Xhosa, Zulu, English, and Afrikaans and spoken in the mines in South Africa

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