Swardspeak

Swardspeak
Bekinese
Native toPhilippines
Native speakers
Filipino gay community
Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-2cpe
ISO 639-3–

Swardspeak (also known as salitang bakla (lit. 'gay speak')[1] or "gay lingo") is an argot or cant slang derived from Taglish (Tagalog-English code-switching) and used by a number of LGBT people in the Philippines.[2][3]

  1. ^ Alba, Reinerio A. (June 5, 2006). "In Focus: The Filipino Gayspeak (Filipino Gay Lingo)". National Commission for Culture and the Arts. Archived from the original on October 30, 2015. Retrieved June 21, 2017.
  2. ^ Empress Maruja (July 27, 2007). "Deciphering Filipino Gay Lingo". United SEA. Retrieved December 23, 2010.
  3. ^ Leap, William (2013). Globalization and Gay Language. 350 Main Street, Malden: Wiley-Blackwell. p. 558. ISBN 978-1-4051-7581-4.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link)