Alternate Names: Flaai Taal, Fly Taal, Tsotsitaal
Dialects: None known. Not intelligible of Afrikaans ,. Used many Afrikaans, English ,, and Bantu words, and others of unknown origin.
Genealogy:
Language Use: Originated in gold mines in Transvaal from 1886. Creolized by 1930. Used until the 1970s or 1980s.
Nation of Origin: South Africa
Other Comments: ‘Tsotsitaal’, speech of a young gang member, criminal, or thug.