[OT] African

[Dirk Moolman]

-----Original Message-----
From: linux-users-bounces at linux-sxs.org [mailto:linux-users-bounces at linux-sxs.org] On Behalf Of Tony Alfrey
Sent: 12 January 2007 04:23 PM
To: Linux tips and tricks
Subject: Re: [OT] African

>>Man-wai CHANG wrote:
>> What's the African voice for "NO"?
>> 
>
> http://www.elite.net/~runner/jennifers/no.htm 


It might be a word in the language "Fanagalo", which is some kind of language that originated from different African cultures trying to communicate while working together in the mines.  (... which in English is probably pronounced something like fana-galore)


FANAGALO?
Also known as Fanakalo, Fanekolo, Piki, isiPiki, isiKula, Lololo, isiLololo, Pidgin Bantu, Basic Zulu and Silunguboi 
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Introduction
Fanagalo was established as a lingua franca between between speakers of various languages found in South Africa and was mainly used in mines throughout the country. It can be viewed as a pidgin and is basically simplified version of Zulu (and Xhosa) and related languages with adaptations of modern terms from English, Dutch and Afrikaans. About 70% of the lexicon is from Zulu. It evolved from contact between European settlers and African people especially in the Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa and later also in Zimbabwe, Mozambique and even Malawi. It is easy to learn this language, yet it is important to note that it is not a artificially-manufactured language. 


CLASSIFICATION:
Pidgin based on Zulu
Family: Bantu (or rather Ntu) Language Family
Group: South Eastern Bantu (or rather Ntu)
Subgroup: Nguni

VARIETIES: Fanakalo/Fanagalo (South Africa), Cikabanga (Zambia) and Chilapalapa (Zimbabwe)

Speakers 
No first language speakers. Some speakers who use it on mines in Southern Africa.



And if I take the Zulu portion of Tony's link above, as it might have been inherited from the Zulu language:

Zulu (South Africa, Lesotho)               Cha
Zulu (South Africa, Lesotho)               Tsha
Zulu (South Africa, Lesotho)               Haai ngeko



But then this is more related to South Africa, and not Africa as a whole, which contains a whole variety of languages (African languages, French, Portugese .....)


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