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6 juin 2013
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Aurélia FERRARI, "The Evolution of Sheng During the Last Decade", Mambo! Vol. XI (6), 2013. Download the document in PDF Sheng, popularly defined as an acronym for “Swahili-English slang”, emerged in the 1960s in the multicultural environment of Nairobi. It is an urban language which combines mainly Kiswahili and English but also other Kenyan languages such as Kikuyu, Luyha, Dholuo and Kikamba. Sheng is characterized by an important linguistic flexibility. It does not have any official statu...