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tsotsitaal language
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/)
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Instancesafrikaans based creole languageAn AfrikaansBasedCreoleLanguage is a CreoleLanguage using a grammatical and core lexical foundation of the AfrikaansLanguage.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
 content bearing physicalAny Object or Process that expresses content. This covers Objects that contain a Proposition, such as a book, as well as ManualSignLanguage, which may similarly contain a Proposition.
 creole languageA CreoleLanguage is a PidginLanguage that has developed and become the mother tongue for a community of people. This process is called 'creolization' and results in an expanded vocabulary and grammar structure that allow for communication as rich and complex as that of non-creole languages. While pidgins are regarded as reduced languages, creoles are considered expanded languages. That is, while pidgins develop to enable communication in relatively isolated domains, creoles allow for a full range of expressive possibilities on a par with more 'recognized' languages.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
 entityThe universal class of individuals. This is the root node of the ontology.
 human languageThe subclass of Languages used by Humans.
 languageA system of signs for expressing thought. The system can be either natural or artificial, i.e. something that emerges gradually as a cultural artifact or something that is intentionally created by a person or group of people.
 linguistic expressionThis is the subclass of ContentBearingPhysical which are language-related. Note that this Class encompasses both Language and the the elements of Languages, e.g. Words.
 physicalAn entity that has a location in space-time. Note that locations are themselves understood to have a location in space-time.
 spoken human languageA SpokenHumanLanguage is a HumanLanguage which has as its medium the human voice. It can also be represented visually through writing, although not all SpokenHumanLanguages have a codified written form.
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