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Fanagalo
/ ˈæəɡəəʊ /
noun
- (in South Africa) a Zulu-based pidgin with English and Afrikaans components, esp associated with the mines
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yvlog History and Origins
Origin of Fanagalo1
C20: from Fanagalo fana go lo , literally: to be like this; compare Zulu fand to be like, ka-lo of this
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Few spoke English, and the lingua franca was an amalgam of many tongues known as Fanagalo.
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His first language was Fanagalo.
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Hustling over to a crowd of waiting Africans, he waved his fly whisk, made from a wildebeest's tail, and shouted in Fanagalo, the language of the South African gold mines, "Kamuzu is glad to be here."
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