Camtho

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A language of South Africa

ISO 639-3
cmt
Alternate Names
Iscamtho, Isicamtho, Tsotsitaal
User Population

No known L1 speakers. Ethnic population: No ethnic community.

Location

Gauteng province: Soweto, Johannesburg, other urban settings.

Language Status

9 (Second language only).

Classification
Mixed language, Zulu-Bantu
Dialects

None known. Developed in the 1980s from the original Flaaitaal [fly], and sometimes called Tsotsitaal. Also described as a basically Zulu [zul] or Sotho language with heavy code-switching and many English [eng] and Afrikaans [afr] content morphemes.

Language Use

Mainly used by young people.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Camtho