Tsotsitaal
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Tsotsitaal is an urban South African slang and mixed language variety associated with township youth and street culture, blending elements from multiple local languages and Afrikaans.
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
argot
ⓘ
mixed language variety ⓘ sociolect ⓘ urban slang ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
street culture
ⓘ
township youth ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | South Africa ⓘ |
| culturalContext |
South African popular culture
ⓘ
township subcultures ⓘ |
| developedIn |
20th century
ⓘ
urban areas of South Africa ⓘ |
| domain |
street life
ⓘ
youth culture ⓘ |
| etymologyOfName | derived from the word "tsotsi" meaning gangster or streetwise youth ⓘ |
| function |
boundary marking between insiders and outsiders
ⓘ
informal communication ⓘ social identification ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName | tsotsi language ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeSpelling | Tsotsi-taal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
code-mixing
ⓘ
group identity marking ⓘ in-group exclusivity ⓘ lexical innovation ⓘ rapid change ⓘ |
| hasResearchField |
sociolinguistics
ⓘ
urban linguistics ⓘ |
| influenced | later South African youth slang varieties ⓘ |
| influencedByLanguage |
Afrikaans
ⓘ
English NERFINISHED ⓘ Sotho languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Tswana NERFINISHED ⓘ Xhosa NERFINISHED ⓘ Zulu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageFamily | mixed language ⓘ |
| notOfficialLanguageOf | South Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| register | informal ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Camtho
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Isicamtho NERFINISHED ⓘ South African township slang ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Gauteng province
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Johannesburg NERFINISHED ⓘ Soweto NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | non-standard language variety ⓘ |
| usedBy | urban youth in South Africa ⓘ |
| usedFor | concealing meaning from authorities or outsiders ⓘ |
| usedIn | South African townships ⓘ |
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