GIC ISO 639-3
Gail
A language of South Africa
- ISO 639
- gic
- Population
- 20,000, all users. L1 users: No known L1 speakers. L2 users: 20,000. Ethnic population: No ethnic community.
- Location:
- Eastern Cape, Free State, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, and Western Cape provinces; mainly urban settings: Bloemfontein, Cape Town, Durban, Johannesburg, Port Elizabeth, Pretoria.
- Language Status
- 9 (Second language only).
- Classification
- Unclassified
- Dialects
- None known. In Johannesburg more English based, in Pretoria more Afrikaans [afr] based. May be related to Polari [pld] in the United Kingdom.
- Language Use
- Also use Afrikaans [afr]. Also use English [eng].
- Other Comments
- An in-group language.
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Location: Eastern Cape, Free State, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, and Western Cape provinces; mainly urban settings: Bloemfontein, Cape Town, Durban, Johannesburg, Port Elizabeth, Pretoria.
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