Hokaglish

English

Etymology

Blend of Hokkien +‎ Taglish.

Examples

Proper noun

Hokaglish (uncountable) (Philippines, chiefly Chinese Filipino, linguistics)

  1. a colloquial multilingual variety of the Tagalog language that trilingually or bilingually incorporates Hokkien and English lexis (akin to Taglish)
  2. a colloquial multilingual variety of the Hokkien language that trilingually or bilingually incorporates Tagalog and English lexis
  3. a colloquial multilingual variety of the English language that trilingually or bilingually incorporates Hokkien and Tagalog lexis (akin to Conyo)

See also

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