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fanakalo

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Fa⋅na⋅ka⋅lo

  [fah-nuh-kuh-loh, fah-nuh-kuh-loh]
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–noun
a lingua franca based on English, Afrikaans, Xhosa, and Zulu, used esp. in the mines of South Africa.
Also, Fa⋅na⋅ga⋅lo  [fah-nuh-guh-loh, fah-nuh-guh-loh] .

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