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Camtho language


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  • Variants

    • Iscamtho language
    • Isicamtho language
    • Rings language
    • Salambom language
    • Scamtho language
    • Scamto language
    • Seleyster language
    • Shalambombo language
    • Township lingo
    • Tsotsi-taal language (Camtho)
    • Tsotsitaal language (Camtho)
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    • found: Work cat.: Ngwenya, A.V. The static and dynamic elements of Tsotsitaal with special reference to Zulu, 1995:p. 2 (In Durban townships, they used to speak tsotsitaal which was strictly based on the Zulu language called Shalambombo; currently called Isicamtho)
    • found: Ethnologue online, Jan. 28, 2010(Camtho: Soweto, Johannesburg, urban settings; alternate names: Iscamtho, Isicamtho; dialects: A development in the 1980s from the original Tsotsitaal [fly], and sometimes called Tsotsitaal; Also described as a basically Zulu [zul] or Sotho language with heavy codeswitching and many English and Afrikaans [afr] content morphemes; classification: Mixed language, Zulu-Bantu)
    • found: LL Map website, Jan. 28, 2010(Camtho Language; alternate name(s): Iscamtho, Isicamtho)
    • found: Tlhapane, Tefo Bradley. Township languages, 2009:p. 4 of cover (Soweto has a rich culture characterised by a diversity of various African ethnic and cultural groups. Over time a kind of survival language or 'township language' developed, which made communication between those who spoke different languages easier. Four languages are combined here: English, Afrikaans, Sotho and Zulu, which form 'scamtho', 'township lingo' and 'tsotsi-taal' sometimes also known as 'rings', 'shalambombo', and 'seleyster' amongst others. At first it was widely spoken around Gauteng and in prisons but now it is being used by all sorts of people everywhere even in 'soapies', TV ads, billboards and elsewhere)
    • found: NUGL online:p. 96-97 ("New" languages in the Bantu area: S40B Iscamtho and S40C Shalambombo, Salambom)
    • found: Township talk, 2005:pref. pages (Scamto) p. 4 of cover (Scamto, South Africa's popular language of the streets)
  • LC Classification

    • PL8107.7
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  • Change Notes

    • 2010-01-28: new
    • 2017-01-31: revised
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