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Kallun: A Platform of Angolan Slang

Translation posted 27 February 2013 20:05 GMT

 

“Kallun”. Foto partilhada na página do Fundador da Plataforma, Leocarpo Mário.

“Kallun”. Image shared on the Facebook page of KALLUN. (used with permission).

The Plataform KALLUN (meaning slang), founded by Leocarpo Mário, is a recent collaborative project with the ultimate goal of gathering in just one place all the slang with Angolan origins. Kallun enables interactive search of terms and their meanings.

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Written byMário Lopes
Translated bySara Moreira

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