CMT ISO 639-3
Camtho
A language of South Africa
- ISO 639
- cmt
- Alternate Names
- Iscamtho, Isicamtho, Tsotsitaal
- 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.
Also Spoken in
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Location: Gauteng province: Soweto, Johannesburg, other urban settings.
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