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Fanakalo

American

[fah-nuh-kuh-loh, fah-nuh-kuh-loh] / ˌfɑ nə kəˈloʊ, ˈfɑ nə kəˌloʊ /

Also Fanagalo

noun

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

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

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