Tsotsitaal

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Any of a variety of mixed languages spoken mainly in the townships of South Africa. countable, uncountable

Synonyms

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taal

Etymology

From tsotsi (“South African street gangster”) + Afrikaans taal (“language”).

Related phrases

south africa

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