jew-tongo

jew-tongo
\\ˈ ̷ ̷|täŋ(ˌ)gō\ noun
Usage: usually capitalized J&T
Etymology: probably from Jew-Tongo, from jew (from English Jew) + -tongo (from English tongue); perhaps from the existence among its original speakers of former slaves who had been owned by Portuguese Jews
: an English-based creole language of Surinam

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