Sheng slang

Sheng
Native toKenya
Language codes
ISO 639-3(a proposal to use shf was rejected in 2017[1])
GlottologNone
G.40E[2]

Sheng is primarily a Swahili and English-based cant, perhaps a mixed language or creole, originating among the urban youth of Nairobi, Kenya, and influenced by many of the languages spoken there. While primarily a language of urban youths, it has spread across social classes and geographically to neighbouring Tanzania and Uganda.

  1. ^ "Change Request Documentation: 2016-034". SIL International.
  2. ^ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online