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Sigma KEE - TsotsitaalLanguage
TsotsitaalLanguage(tsotsitaal language)

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(documentation TsotsitaalLanguage EnglishLanguage "The TsotsitaalLanguage is an AfrikaansBasedCreoleLanguage of SouthAfrica. SIL code: FLY. ISO 639-2: crp. Population: It had tens of thousands of primary users, hundreds of thousands of second language users (1984 Gilbert and Makhudu). Region: In African townships around Johannesburg, Pretoria, Bloemfontein and other cities. Alternate names: FLY TAAL, FLAAI TAAL. Comments: Not intelligible to Afrikaans speakers. Uses many Afrikaans, English, and Bantu words, and others of unknown origin. Originated in the gold mines in Transvaal from 1886. Creolized by 1930. Used until the 1970s or 1980s. 'Tsotsitaal' means 'speech of young gang member, criminal, or thug.' Nearly extinct.(extract from http:/ / www.ethnologue.com/ )") Languages.kif 1426-1435
(instance TsotsitaalLanguage AfrikaansBasedCreoleLanguage) Languages.kif 1425-1425 Tsotsitaal language is an instance of afrikaans based creole language

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(termFormat ChineseLanguage TsotsitaalLanguage "tsotsitaal语言") domainEnglishFormat.kif 59422-59422
(termFormat ChineseTraditionalLanguage TsotsitaalLanguage "tsotsitaal語言") domainEnglishFormat.kif 59421-59421
(termFormat EnglishLanguage TsotsitaalLanguage "tsotsitaal language") domainEnglishFormat.kif 59420-59420


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