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Fanakalo

[ fah-nuh-kuh-loh, fah-nuh-kuh-loh ]

noun

  1. a lingua franca based on English, Afrikaans, Xhosa, and Zulu, used especially in the mines of South Africa.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Fanakalo1

1945–50; < Fanakalo ( kuluma ) fana ga lo (to speak) like this < Zulu

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