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Gail language - Definition and Overview |
| Related Words: Afghan, Afghani, Afrikaans, Ainu, Akan, Akkadian, Albanian, Aleut, Algonquian, Algonquin, Amharic, Anatolian, Andaman, Apache, Arabic, Aramaic, Araucanian, Arawak, Arawakan, Armenian, Aryan, Assamese |
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Gail, or Gayle, is an English-based argot used by non-black male homosexuals in urban communities of South Africa, analogous in some respects to Polari in England, from which it has borrowed. The black equivalent is called Isigqumo. The Ethnologue estimates that it has some 20,000 speakers.
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Bibliography
- Ken Cage. Gayle - the Language of Kinks & Queens. A History and Dictionary of Gay Language in South Africa. Jacana Media 2003. ISBN 1-919931-49-X. (link (http://www.exclusivebooks.com/search/display.php?isb=191993149X&Tag=&CID=))
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