Etymology

tsotsitaal

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Today it means: Any of a variety of mixed languages spoken mainly in the townships of South Africa. Full definition →

Afrikaans taal
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  1. Afrikaans · derived fromtaal“language”
  2. English todaytsotsitaal

From tsotsi (“South African street gangster”) + Afrikaans taal (“language”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.