Tsotsitaal
Spoken in:	South Africa
Total speakers:
Language family:	Creole language  Afrikaans Creole   Tsotsitaal
Language codes
ISO 639-1:	none
ISO 639-2:
ISO 639-3:	fly

Tsotsitaal, or isiCamtho, is a variety of languages mainly spoken in the townships of Gauteng province in South Africa, such as Soweto. The Republic of South Africa (also known by other official names) is a country located at the southern tip of the continent of Africa List of language familiesA language family is a group of Languages related by descent from a common ancestor called the Proto-language of that family A creole language, or simply a creole, is a stable Language that originates seemingly as a nativized Pidgin. ISO 639-1 is the first part of the ISO 639 international-standard language-code family ISO 639-2 is the second part of the ISO 639 standard, which lists codes for the representation of the names of languages ISO 639 -3 (ISO 639-32007 is an international standard for Language codes The standard describes three‐letter codes for identifying languages In South Africa, the term Township usually refers to the (often underdeveloped urban living areas that under Apartheid, were reserved for non-whites Gauteng (xaʊˈtɛŋ Sotho xɑ́útʼèŋ̀ is a province of South Africa. The Republic of South Africa (also known by other official names) is a country located at the southern tip of the continent of Africa Soweto is an urban area in the City of Johannesburg, in Gauteng, South Africa. It is a pidgin, or rather a diverse combination of several South African languages, such as Zulu, Sesotho, Tswana and Afrikaans. A pidgin is a simplified language that develops as a means of communication between two or more groups that do not have a language in common in situations such as Trade Zulu (called isiZulu in Zulu is a Language of the Zulu people with about 10 million speakers the vast majority (over 95% of whom live in South History Should include probable history of the language what form of Bantu it is most closely derived from (the coolest forms! dates of movement of major groups Tswana ( Setswana) is a Bantu language written in the Latin Alphabet. Afrikaans is an Indo-European language, derived from 17th century Dutch and classified as Low Franconian Germanic, mainly spoken in Tsotsitaal is also influenced by the English and some of the other languages spoken in the multilingual country (such as Italian, Swahili, etc. English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States Italian ( or lingua italiana) is a Romance language spoken by about 63 million people as a First language, primarily in Italy. Swahili (called Kiswahili in the language itself is the First language of the Swahili people (Waswahili who inhabit several large stretches ). Widely spoken in urban areas, it emerged as a language, some would argue, that helped to facilitate communication between speakers of different languages. Although originally associated with the criminal subculture ("tsotsi" refers to an urban thug), its recognition has spread with the popularity of kwaito music. Kwaito is a Music genre that emerged in Johannesburg, South Africa in the early 1990s ^[1]

Tsotsi is a Sesotho slang word for a "thug" or "robber" (possibly from the verb "ho tsotsa" "to sharpen" — whose meaning has been modified in modern times to include "to con") and taal is the Afrikaans word for "language". History Should include probable history of the language what form of Bantu it is most closely derived from (the coolest forms! dates of movement of major groups Afrikaans is an Indo-European language, derived from 17th century Dutch and classified as Low Franconian Germanic, mainly spoken in The alternative name, isiCamtho, comes from Zulu and is a combination of the class 7 prefix isi- (here representing language — see grammatical gender and Sesotho nouns) with a derivation of ukucamtha, which means "to chat". Zulu (called isiZulu in Zulu is a Language of the Zulu people with about 10 million speakers the vast majority (over 95% of whom live in South In Linguistics, grammatical genders, sometimes also called Noun classes are classes of nouns reflected in the behavior of associated words every noun must belong Notes

Contents 1 In music 2 See also 3 Sources 4 External links

In music

After the abolition of apartheid in South Africa in 1994, Kwaito, already a popular music form in South Africa, and its artists came to embrace the use of Tsotsitaal in its lyrical content. The Republic of South Africa (also known by other official names) is a country located at the southern tip of the continent of Africa Kwaito is a Music genre that emerged in Johannesburg, South Africa in the early 1990s Because of its reputation as associated with urban thugs and the criminal subculture, Tsotsitaal, or isiCamtho is seen by many as a South African form of gangsta slang. ^[2] With the advent of rising middle-class and elite Blacks in South Africa after apartheid and the significance of gold to the South African history and culture, the attitudes prevalent in Kwaito music appropriate gold to notions of success and wealth. Kwaito is a Music genre that emerged in Johannesburg, South Africa in the early 1990s Because of its urban nature and form, Tsotsitaal came to be emblematic of the attitudes of post-Apartheid South African black poor youth that were largely apolitical, concerned mainly with a representation of success and wealth. ^[3]

See also

• Tsotsi, winner of the 2005 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

Sources

External links

• Kwaito, an isiCamtho song style
• some isiCamtho poetry
• Ethnologue report on Tsotsitaal
• Ethnologue report on (isi)Camtho, Iscamtho

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