Sasafrika, noun

Origin:
Pronunciation-spelling of South Africa, probably intended to represent the phonetics of the Sintu (Bantu) languages; coined by Buntu Mfenyana.
?nonce
South Africa.
1980 [see isijita].
1981 B. Mfenyana in M. Mutloatse Reconstruction 298Our discussion would not be complete if we left out Sjita-scamto: a creole with mainly Afrikaans, Sintu and English elements, used by 10–15 million people in Sasafrika alone.
South Africa.
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