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Fanakalo

Fa·na·ka·lo [ fnəkə lṓ ] or Fa·na·ga·lo [ fnəgə lṓ ]


noun 
Definition:
 
South African pidgin: a pidgin spoken in parts of South Africa, based on Zulu and English and developed mainly in mining communities of Namibia and Zimbabwe, and near Johannesburg

[Mid-20th century. Probably < Zulu (kuluma) fana ka lo "(speak) like this"]

Fa·na·ka·lo adjective
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