įanakalo spread to the diamond and gold mines in the South African interior (and subsequently to other African countries) in the late nineteenth century. A pidgin originates in specific circumstances of contact between groups of people with different mother-tongues. Fanakalo is also defined as a Southern African pidgin language. In this essay, several factors about Fanakalo are examined: Fanakalo as a pidgin language in the mining industry theories regarding its origins negative and positive associations with this pidgin the spread of it across Southern Africa the varieties of Fanakalo and lastly, examples of this pidgin language.įanakalo is the lingua franca of the South African mining industry, spoken on a daily basis in the workplace. Fanakalo is a bridging language of communication in multilingual and multinational settings on South African mines.
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