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Sheng
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Appendix:Variations of "sheng"
English
+ slang
Etymology 1
en Swahili English.
Proper noun
A Kenyan cant based on Swahili and English.
en 2009 Michela Wrong It’s Our Turn to Eat: The Story of a Kenyan Whistle Blower English and Kiswahili might be Kenya’s official languages, but pupils tumbling out of school and students in the university canteens chatter to each other in Sheng, to their teachers’ despair. A witty, cheeky, freewheeling Clockwork Orange-style brew of Kiswahili, English and indigenous Kenyan languages, with added dollops of reggae jargon, American slang, French and Spanish, Sheng originated in Nairobi’s Eastlands slums in the 1980s.
Related terms
en Engsh
Etymology 2
From several en zh - surnames, including:
From en cmn 盛. en Shing Seng Sing.
From en cmn 生. en Sang.
Proper noun
s
en Chinese.
Anagrams
en eghns Enghs Engsh Hengs
Swahili
sw:
Alternative forms
sw Kisheng
sw KiSheng
sw kisheng
sw sheng
Etymology
Formed in sw en - as a blend of en Swahili and en English.
Pronunciation
sw Sw-ke-Sheng.flac Kenya
Proper noun
sw proper noun
en Sheng Kenyan cant
Category:Sheng