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Full Form of 8TA

Full Form: A South African slang meaning hello
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Sub Category: Business

What is 8TA Full Form?

8TA is full form A South African slang meaning hello

What is A South African slang meaning hello?

This list of "Afrikanerisms" comprises slang words and phrases influenced by Afrikaans. Typical users include people with Afrikaans as their first language but who speak English as a second language and people living in areas where the population speaks both English and Afrikaans. Many of these terms also occur widely amongst ethnic/native South Africans, and others living in neighbouring countries such as Zimbabwe, Botswana, Zambia etc. These terms do not occur in formal South African English.

Fanakalo (fanagalo) also refers to when people of non-Zulu origin attempt to speak Zulu without the proper pronunciation and throat sounds. Fanakalo in Zulu literally means "same as this" – (fana – same, ka – as, lo – this).

Antopius (antopius) also refers to homosexual people, often used as a homophobic slur used by South Africans, and others living in neighbouring countries.

Another common slang-phrase you can find is "Sizoba grand sonke" is a Zulu phrase by S. Lucas[who? in South Africa meaning "we will all make it"