A dictionary of South African English: Home language

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Author: Jean Branford

Number of Pages: 444

Both a reliable reference work and an entertaining guide to the English spoken in this country. It includes not only forms of English that are peculiarly South African, but also words absorbed from Afrikaans, African and Khoisan languages, and local Malay, Indian, and Jewish communities.