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ISO 639-3 · fngfng
Niger–Congo family · creole or pidgin

Fanagalo

Fanagalo is a creole or pidgin of the Bantu branch (Niger–Congo), spoken in South Africa, Zimbabwe and Zambia. Wikidata counts about 100,000 speakers.

9 · Second language onlyLatn100,000
Wikidata recordGlottolog
At a glance
ISO 639-3
fng
Glottocode
fana1235
Wikipedia
20 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
3countries
1scripts
7levels in the tree
9EGIDS level

Facts

NameFanagalo
All speakers100,000
Written inLatin script
Kindcreole or pidgin

Vitality

EGIDS 9 Second language only9

Dormant or extinct. No fluent first-language speakers remain — EGIDS 9 and 10.

Other languages at this level
family tree

From Niger–Congo to Fanagalo

The branches above Fanagalo, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.

1142Niger–Congofamily1061Atlantic–Congobranch910Volta–Congobranch695Benue–Congobranch549Bantoidbranch534Southern Bantoidbranch458BantubranchfngFanagalolanguage
where it is spoken

Countries

South Africa30 languages in the indexZimbabwe24 languages in the indexZambia37 languages in the index

Also spoken in South Africa

engEnglishIndo-European · 1.13 bn0 · InternationalpanPunjabiunclassified · 125 mSafetamTamilDravidian · 83 m2 · ProvincialzulZuluNiger–Congo · 27.8 m1 · NationalxhoXhosaNiger–Congo · 19.2 m1 · NationalafrAfrikaansIndo-European · 7.2 m1 · NationalsotSesothoNiger–Congo · 6 m1 · NationaltsnTswanaNiger–Congo · 4.5 m1 · NationalnsoNorthern SothoNiger–Congo · 4.1 m1 · NationaltsoTsongaNiger–Congo · 4 m1 · National