Sheng | |
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Native to | Kenya |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | (a proposal to use shf was rejected in 2017[1]) |
Glottolog | None |
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.