boekenhout (noun) – The Cape beech tree Rapanea melanophloeos , or its wood. From Afrikaans and Tsotsitaal. moer (verb) – Hit, punch, beat up. Born a Crime is the story of a mischievous young boy who grows into a restless young man as he struggles to find himself in a world where he was never supposed to exist. From the Nama sān (meaning “aboriginals”, “settlers” or gatherers). kif – adjective, informal – Cool, good, enjoyable. From the Afrikaans. makarapa (mak-ah-rah-pah) – noun – A well-crafted and decorated headgear usually won by football fans in South Africa. It also featured in Disney’s hit animated film The Lion King. 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From the Afrikaans. shongololo, songololo (noun) – Large brown millipede, from the isiXhosa and isiZulu ukushonga (to roll up). shot (noun) – Good, yes, it’s been done. china – noun, informal – Friend, mate. SAE includes lexical items borrowed from other South African Languages. Eg. Fried, the caterpillar is also a traditional dish. Since then South Africa’s everyday English has gradually absorbed many words from African languages. Algeria See witblitz. The plural is abelungu. The pronunciations given are those in use among educated urban speakers of standard English in South Africa, broadly corresponding to the form often described as ‘General White South African English’. Mozambique lekgotla (lek-ghot-lah) – noun – Planning or strategy session. [2] Four prominent education-related lexical features shared by ISAE and Indian English are: tuition(s), which means "extra lessons outside school that one pays for"; further studies, which means "higher education"; alphabets, which means "the alphabet, letters of the alphabet"; and by-heart, which means "to learn off by heart"; these items show the influence of Indian English teachers in South Africa. From the Afrikaans. While strictly the Second Boer War – the first being fought from 1880 to 1881 – it was by far the more significant conflict. ), Trevor Noah Teams with Duolingo to Teach Zulu and Xhosa to the World, Almost 100 Animals Safely Translocated from Kruger to Mozambique in Collaborative Conservation Victory, Rescue Dogs Chance and Stella Find New Home After Owners Tragically Pass Away, A guide to Mzanzi taal.....or South African English - Springleap Internships in Cape Town, South Africa. [2] However, the Natal wave brought nostalgia for British customs and helped to define the idea of a "standard" variety that resembled Southern British English. The story goes that Juana Smith, the Spanish wife of 19th-century Cape governor Harry Smith, ate melon instead of bacon for breakfast, and her Afrikaans-speaking servants coined the word. Springboks (noun) – South African national rugby team, known affectionately as the Bokke. Iscamtho, isiCamtho (noun) – Tsotsitaal (gangster language), a widely-spoken township patois made up of an amalgam of words from isiZulu, isiXhosa, Afrikaans and some English. From the Afrikaans. Madagascar Tonga kasie (kaa-see) – noun – Shortened form of the Afrikaans lokasie (location), the older word for township – the low-income dormitory suburbs outside cities and towns to which black South Africans were confined during the apartheid era. Tshivenda (noun) – Language of the Venda people. It is believed that bunny chow was a convenient food on the go for Indian labourers working especially in the colony’s sugarcane plantations. From the Afrikaans. veldskoen, velskoen (fell-skun) – noun – Simple unworked leather shoes. load shedding – noun – Planned electricity blackout in a specific area, to relieve pressure on South Africa’s national power grid. broekie lace (noun) – Ornate wooden or metal fretwork found on the verandahs of Victorian and Edwardian houses, mainly in the Western Cape. From the Afrikaans. ja (exclamation) – Yes. melktert – noun – “Milk tart”, a traditional Afrikaner dessert. oribi – noun – Small African antelope (Ourebia ourebi) with a reddish tan back and white underparts. Fanagolo – noun – Pidgin language that grew up mainly on South Africa’s gold mines to allow communication between white supervisors and African labourers during the colonial and apartheid era. For instance, consonant retroflexion in phonemes like /ḍ/ and strong aspiration in consonant production (common in North Indian English) are present in both varieties, but declining in ISAE. From the Afrikaans droe (dry) and wors (sausage). Namaqualand daisy (noun) – South African daisy Dimorphotheca sinuate, with bright yellow, orange or white flowers, which once a year carpets the arid northwest region of Namaqualand with colour. Denmark township (noun) – Low-income dormitory suburb outside a city or town in which black South Africans were required by law to live, while they sold their labour in the city or town centre, during the apartheid era. From the Afrikaans ou (old). From the isiZulu utokoloshe and isiXhosa uthikoloshe (river-spirit). Sotho (soo-too) – noun – Member of a group of people living mainly in Lesotho, Botswana and the northern parts of South Africa, and their languages. Their language is isiNdebele. From the Cockney rhyming slang “china plate” = “mate”. See rooinek. nê (exclamation) – “Really?”, “Oh yeah?” or “Is that so?”. From the Afrikaans for “tree”. According to the 2011 census, English is the home language of 9.6% of South Africans – a third of them not white. DEFINING BLACK SOUTH AFRICAN ENGLISH English is a world language, likely to continue to play a leading role internationally as an important language of education and as the language of choice for business, science and popular culture (Platt et al. Bushmen are also known as San. (South African Tourism / CC BY 2.0). From the Afrikaans. koeksuster (noun) – Also spelled koeksister . Uzbekistan voetstoets (adjective) – “As is” or “with all its faults”. berg (noun) – Mountain. stroppy – adjective, informal – Difficult, uncooperative, argumentative or stubborn. I think it’s time I flogged it.”. Boer (noun) – Member of a nation descended from the Dutch settlers who arrived in South Africa in 1652, with some intermingling with French Huguenots, German immigrants, indigenous people and others. bliksem (verb and noun) – To beat up, hit or punch – or a mischievous person. morogo (mor-oh-gho) – noun – Spinach; more specifically African spinach. (YouTube). Used sarcastically or as an invitation to agreement, similar to “yes?”, as in: “This is a lekker kota, nê?” From the Afrikaans. While English is widely spoken by almost everyone in South Africa it is their second language. As a result many South Africans speak English with an accent. However the accents vary depending on what their 1st language is. From the Afrikaans boer (farmer) and perd (horse). You also have the option to opt-out of these cookies. Therefore, social variations in the English language in South Africa are extant with very little regional variation. Uruguay Cayman Islands Found insideThis volume is the first ever book-length treatment dedicated to corpus-based work on the present perfect. (Gavin Bloys / CC BY NC-ND 2.0). voetsek (exclamation) – Go away, buzz off. From the Afrikaans, from the Dutch schelm. Joeys (noun) – Johannesburg, South Africa’s largest city. berg – noun – Mountain. From the Afrikaans and Dutch. [2], Another variety of South African English is Cape Flats English, originally and best associated with inner-city Cape Coloured speakers.[6]. St Eustatius bushveld (bush-felt) – noun – South Africa’s distinctive tropical savannah ecoregion, a terrain of thick scrubby trees and bush in dense thickets, with grassy groundcover between. New Caledonia skinner – noun and verb, informal – Gossip, to gossip. ubuntu (noun) – Southern African humanist philosophy of fellowship and community, based on the notion that a person is a person because of other people: “I am who I am because of you”. hamerkop (noun) – South African marsh bird (Scopus umbretta), related to the storks, with a prominent crest on the head. Jamaica From the isiZulu imamba . The dish originated in Durban’s immigrant Indian community, who arrived in what was then the colony of Natal from 1860 onwards. An innovative and insightful exploration of varieties of English in contemporary South Africa. Lithuania toppie – noun, informal – Middle-aged or elderly man, or father. Possibly from “tacky”, meaning “cheap” or “of poor quality”. From the Yiddish word for the pastry. Boerboel, Boerbul, Boerbul – noun – Large and powerful South African breed of dog, crossbred from the Mastiff and indigenous breeds such as the Africanis and Ridgeback, originally for farm work. torchkop – noun, informal – Headtorch or headlamp (such as a Petzl), or a person wearing one. From the Afrikaans wind (wind) and gat (hole). bakgat (exclamation and adjective) – Fantastic, cool, awesome. Turkmenistan dwaal (noun and verb) – Lack of concentration or focus: “Sorry, I was in a bit of a dwaal. From the Khoikhoi xo-xon. This book looks at the forms of English spoken in South Africa, where they come from and how they fit into the spectrum of world Englishes--provided by publisher. Croatia The tree was made famous in the 1974 South African film Beautiful People, a candid camera-type look at local wildlife, in which elephants were shown getting drunk on dropped and fermented marula fruit. [11] Rhodes University (South Africa) and Oxford University (Great Britain) worked together to produce the 1978 Dictionary of South African English, which adopted a more conservative approach in its inclusion of terms. Nkone (noun) – Breed of indigenous long-horned Zebu (Bos indicus) beef cattle, with a piebald hide. Senegal Argentina shebeen – noun – Township tavern, illegal under the apartheid regime, often set up in a private house and frequented by black South Africans. While avoiding strongly regionally or socially marked forms, they are intended to include the most common variants for each word. The largest English speaking countries in Africa are Nigeria (198 million), Ethiopia (110 million), South Africa (58 million), Tanzania (60 million), and Kenya (50 million). From the Nama sān (meaning “aboriginals”, “settlers” or gatherers). It’s estimated that half the population has a speaking knowledge of the language. Originally designed as a landmine-proof vehicle for use in South Africa’s border war with Angola, in the same era. British colonists first colonised the South African region in 1795, when they established a military holding operation at the Cape Colony. See soutpiel. East Timor The plural is dolosse. Slovenia Nama, Namaqua, Namaqualander – noun – Khoikhoi people of South Africa’s Northern Cape province and southwest Namibia, one of those people, and the language they speak. knobkierie (noun) – Fighting stick with a knob on the business end. jol (jawl or jorl) – noun, verb and adjective, informal – Celebration, fun, party, disco (noun); celebrate, have fun, party, dance and drink (verb). Coined at the Oppikoppi Bushveld Festival in August 2005. township – noun – Low-income dormitory suburb outside a city or town in which black South Africans were required by law to live, while they sold their labour in the city or town centre, during the apartheid era. fundi (noun) – Expert. Guatemala boer – noun – Farmer. All you need to do is copy and paste the desired text. Bahrain skelm (skellem) – noun and adverb, informal – Shifty or untrustworthy person; a criminal. Japan South African English. bontebok (noun) – African antelope (Damaliscus dorcas dorcas) with a white-and-brown hide, related to the blesbok. Sepedi (seh-peh-dih) – noun – Another name for Sesotho sa Leboa, the Northern Sotho language of the Basotho people. Bonsmara – noun – South African breed of beef cattle, cross-bred for both hardiness in local conditions and high production from Shorthorn, Hereford and indigenous Afrikaner cattle. Nicaragua The privations of early white colonialism made drying and salting, often with vinegar and spices, an essential means of preserving meat. Volkswagen minibuses were the first used in the initial stages of South Africa’s minibus taxi transport revolution of the early 1980s, although today other vehicle makes are used. South African accents share the short I sound of New Zealand. Discusses language attitudes, language planning, and education. Tswana – noun – Member of a group of people mainly found in Botswana and northern South Africa, and their language. Eurolingua specialises in English Schools in South Africa. From the Afrikaans “murder”. This book takes an original look at what happens when speakers of these different varieties interact with one another. kiepersol (noun) – Cabbage tree. Bonsmara (noun) – South African breed of beef cattle, cross-bred for both hardiness in local conditions and high production from Shorthorn, Hereford and indigenous Afrikaner cattle. bittereinder (noun) – Bitter-ender or diehard; Boer who refused to surrender and continued to resist after defeat at the end of the Anglo-Boer War. From the Afrikaans and Dutch for “farmer”. moegoe (moo-ghoo) – noun, informal – Fool, buffoon, idiot or simpleton. From the Volkswagen proprietary name Kombi, from the German Kombiwagen. bru (brew) – noun, informal – Term of affection, shortened from Afrikaans and Dutch broer (pronounced “broo-er”), meaning “brother”. Originated in the 1950s, perhaps as a shortening of obstreperous. From the Sesotho morula. Canary Islands Today the Anglo-Boer War is better known as the South African War. Once informal, it is now used on the City of Johannesburg logo. Rwanda Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--Universiteat Meunster (Westfalen), 2009. wildebeest (vil-deh-beest) – noun – Gnu; large African antelope of two species (the blue or black wildebeest, genus Connochaetes) with a long head and sloping back. Vietnam zamalek (noun) – Carling Black Label beer. Soweto – noun – South Africa’s largest township, in the south of the City of Johannesburg municipality. big five, the (noun) – Africa’s famous five wildlife species: lion, elephant, buffalo, leopard and rhino. lapa (noun) – Open-sided enclosure, usually roofed with thatch, used as an outdoor entertainment area. Kief. Black, white and Chinese labourers in a South African gold mine some time between 1890 and 1923. Similar to a US prohibition-era speakeasy. From the isiZulu. From boep. Equatorial Guinea abakwetha (a-ba-kwe-ta) – noun, plural – Young Xhosa men being initiated into manhood at initiation school. The origin of “bunny” in bunny chow is, according to one theory, that the meal was first sold at a Durban restaurant run by Banias, an Indian caste. Example: “I was going to go out but then my china rocked up.”. Today’s white Afrikaners are the descendants of the Boers. This means that, like British English, South African is non-rhotic. [4] BSAE originated in the South African school system, when the 1953 Bantu Education Act mandated the use of native African languages in the classroom. A mampoer still in the town of Groot Marico, North West province. Downtown Maseru, the capital of Lesotho. Every month or year a single member is then given the entire pot. ag (agh) – exclamation, informal – Expression of frustration, outrage, impatience or resignation. From the Nguni umfundisi (teacher, preacher). Khoikhoi [also Quena] – noun – Indigenous South African people, including the Nama, and their languages. Indonesia The dolos is a South African invention, with the interlocking blocks piled together to protect harbour seawalls and preserve beaches from erosion. From the Afrikaans droe (dry) and wors (sausage). Here and there are words imported from other British and Dutch colonies, such as India and Indonesia, as well as from later immigrants – Greeks, Lebanese, Eastern European Jews, Portuguese, and more. An Nguni cow showing the breed’s distinctive patterned hide, on a beach in Morgan’s Bay on the Wild Coast of the Eastern Cape. mossie (noun) – Cape sparrow or house sparrow, but sometimes used to refer to any small undistinguished wild bird. Belarus Basotho (noun, plural) – The South Sotho people, principally those living in Lesotho. From the isiZulu isangoma . Tuvalu [4], Indian South African English (ISAE) is a sub-variety that developed among the descendants of Indian immigrants to South Africa. Griqua (noun, plural and singular) – South African population group, or a member of that group, descended from a mix of early (from 1652) European blood with that of the indigenous Khokhoi, San and Tswana. Kiribati It is mandatory to procure user consent prior to running these cookies on your website. Bonaire Angola From the Dutch for “African”. The demonym for the country’s citizens is Basotho. Example: “Let’s meet at the restaurant.” The reply: “Fixed up.”, flog – verb, informal – Sell. deurmekaar (adjective) – Confused, disorganised or stupid, from the Afrikaans word of the same meaning. Kasie street scene. The term kwela comes from the isiZulu for “get up” or “climb on”, also township slang for police vans, the kwela-kwela. trek – noun – Long and often arduous journey. From the Middle Dutch perlemoeder (mother of pearl: perl means pearl; moeder means mother). From the Afrikaans koedoe, originally from the isiXhosa i-qudu. The first example of the style was the song Mbube by Solomon Linda and the Evening Birds. Furthermore, since the Natal "coloureds" identify culturally with the English-speaking South Africans, they are antipathetic towards Afrikaans.[9]. [2] A third wave of English settlers arrived between 1875 and 1904, and brought with them a diverse variety of English dialects. The name was coined by University of KwaZulu-Natal Africanis expert Johan Gallant, from “Africa” and “canis”, the Latin for dog. Especially the use of English is a problematic one. Therefore this paper intends to give an overview of the politics of English in South Africa. From Afrikaans and Tsotsitaal. korhaan (noun) – Group of species of long-legged African bird (genus Eupodotis) found in open country. walkie-talkie (noun) – South African delicacy made from the heads and feet of a chicken. New Zealand Tshivenda – noun – Language of the Venda people. A person who does these things is a joller. mealie (noun) – Maize or corn. An expression of resignation or puzzlement similar to “How about that?”. [7] They are primarily concentrated in the provinces of Kwa-Zulu Natal and northeastern parts of the Eastern Cape in the former Transkei with some transplants being found in Johannesburg. Pakistan eish (exclamation) – Expression of surprise, wonder, frustration or outrage. dop (dawp) – noun and verb, informal – Small tot of alcoholic drink. Comoros Tahiti Originally a form of log fortification used to keep livestock in or enemies out. From the Nama, “men of men”. Falkland Islands Griqualand East, on the Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal frontier, was settled by Adam Kok III and over 2 000 Griquas after a trek across the Drakensberg mountains in 1861. boekenhout – noun – The Cape beech tree Rapanea melanophloeos, or its wood. makarapa (noun) – A plastic miner’s helmet cut, moulded and painted to make headgear worn by fans at football matches. The first example of the style was the song Mbube by Solomon Linda and the Evening Birds. Palestine voetsek (foot-sak) – exclamation, informal – Go away, buzz off. From the Dutch tjambok, from the Urdu chābuk. 1984: 28). From the Afrikaans pap (soft) and sak (sack). St Kitts-Nevis Some English words mean something different in South African English: a bond is a mortgage, a dam refers to the stretch of water rather than to the wall, just now means ‘in a little while’, a packet is a plastic shopping bag, a café is a convenience store or corner shop, and … From the Persian and Urdu. Example: “Let’s meet at the restaurant.” The reply: “Fixed up.”, flog (verb) – Sell. From the Afrikaans wonder (wonder or marvel) and boom (tree). A legal term, used in the sale of a car or house. amakhosi (a-ma-koz-ee) – noun, plural – Traditional leaders; chiefs (plural). Khoisan – noun – Collective term for the Khoi and San people of South Africa. Bushmen are also known as San. So we find “məlk” instead of “mɪlk”, for example. From the Afrikaans boer (farmer) and wors (sausage, Dutch worst). snotsiekte (snowt-seek-teh) – noun – Malignant catarrhal fever, a disease to which wildebeest are prone, characterised by excessive production of nasal mucous, or snot. From the Nguni group of languages. Qatar koeksuster (kook-sister) – noun – Also spelled koeksister. From the Afrikaans. Anglo-Boer War – noun – War between the British and the Boers, the forebears of today’s Afrikaners, from 1899 to 1902. boma (noun) – In South Africa, an open thatched structure used for dinners, entertainment and parties. From the Afrikaans. A bagel is the male variety. The fruit is now used in a locally produced commercial liqueur marketed as Amarula. Tanzania quagga (noun) – Extinct South African zebra (Equus quagga), with stripes only on its forequarters and a reddish-brown hide behind its stripes, native to South Africa’s Cape provinces. From the Afrikaans beuk (beech) and hout (wood). imbongi (noun) – Traditional praise singer. boep – noun – Pot belly, paunch; generally associated with the conformation of older – or beer-drinking – men. (exclamation) – A yell to celebrate a goal scored in a football match, from the isiZulu for “it thunders”. From the Dutch korhaan (black male grouse), from korren (too coo) and haan (cock). howzit (exclamation) – Common South African greeting that translates roughly as “How are you?”, “How are things?” or just “Hello”. sosatie (soh-saa-tee) – noun – Kebab on a stick. The staple food of South Africa. koppie (noun) – Small hill. From Persian. big five, the – noun – Africa’s most famous five species of wildlife and a must-see on visits to nature conservation areas: lion, elephant, buffalo, leopard and rhino. trek (noun) – Long and often arduous journey. Umkhonto we Sizwe (noun) – Army of the exiled African National Congress during the struggle against apartheid; since 1994 amalgamated into the South African National Defence Force. From the Afrikaans wilde (wild) and beest (beast). woes (voos) – adjective – Angry, irritated or aggressive. Morocco Umkhonto – noun – Short form of Umkhonto we Sizwe. SOUTH AFRICAN ENGLISH Short forms SAfrE, SAE. 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