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- Gayle_language abstract "Gayle, or Gail, is an English and Afrikaans-based gay argot or cant slang used primarily by English and Afrikaans-speaking homosexual men in urban communities of South Africa, and is similar in some respects to Polari in the United Kingdom, from which some lexical items have been borrowed. The equivalent language used by homosexual South African men who speak Bantu languages is called IsiNgqumo, and is based on a Nguni lexicon.Gayle originally manifested as moffietaal (Afrikaans: literally, \"homosexual language\") in the drag culture of the Cape Coloured community in the 1950s. It permeated into white homosexual circles in the 1960s and became part of mainstream white gay culture through South African Airways \"koffie-moffies\" (Afrikaans: literally, \"coffee gay men\", a slang name for male flight attendants) in the 1970s.Besides a few core words borrowed from Polari (such as the word varda meaning \"to see\", itself a borrowing from Lingua Franca), most of Gayle's words are alliterative formations using women's names, such as Beulah for \"beauty\", Priscilla, meaning \"police\", and Hilda for \"hideous\". Men, especially other homosexual men, are often referred to by female pronouns in some circles, as is the custom among many homosexual countercultures throughout the world.Gayle arose for the same reason that most antilanguages develop in marginalised communities—to have a secret language in an oppressive society. However it also fulfilled other functions such as to \"camp up\" conversation, and provide entertainment in a subculture where verbal wit and repartee are highly valued.".
- Gayle_language iso6393Code "gic".
- Gayle_language spokenIn Bloemfontein.
- Gayle_language spokenIn Cape_Town.
- Gayle_language spokenIn Durban.
- Gayle_language spokenIn Johannesburg.
- Gayle_language spokenIn Port_Elizabeth.
- Gayle_language spokenIn Pretoria.
- Gayle_language spokenIn South_Africa.
- Gayle_language thumbnail De_Waterkant_10.jpg?width=300.
- Gayle_language wikiPageID "1255957".
- Gayle_language wikiPageLength "5173".
- Gayle_language wikiPageOutDegree "37".
- Gayle_language wikiPageRevisionID "702934132".
- Gayle_language wikiPageWikiLink Afrikaans.
- Gayle_language wikiPageWikiLink Argot.
- Gayle_language wikiPageWikiLink Bantu_languages.
- Gayle_language wikiPageWikiLink Beulah_(given_name).
- Gayle_language wikiPageWikiLink Bloemfontein.
- Gayle_language wikiPageWikiLink Camp_(style).
- Gayle_language wikiPageWikiLink Cant_(language).
- Gayle_language wikiPageWikiLink Cape_Coloureds.
- Gayle_language wikiPageWikiLink Cape_Town.
- Gayle_language wikiPageWikiLink Category:English-based_argots.
- Gayle_language wikiPageWikiLink Category:LGBT_culture_in_South_Africa.
- Gayle_language wikiPageWikiLink Category:LGBT_linguistics.
- Gayle_language wikiPageWikiLink Category:LGBT_terms.
- Gayle_language wikiPageWikiLink Drag_(clothing).
- Gayle_language wikiPageWikiLink Durban.
- Gayle_language wikiPageWikiLink English_language.
- Gayle_language wikiPageWikiLink Gay.
- Gayle_language wikiPageWikiLink Hilda.
- Gayle_language wikiPageWikiLink Homosexuality.
- Gayle_language wikiPageWikiLink IsiNgqumo.
- Gayle_language wikiPageWikiLink Johannesburg.
- Gayle_language wikiPageWikiLink Lavender_linguistics.
- Gayle_language wikiPageWikiLink Mediterranean_Lingua_Franca.
- Gayle_language wikiPageWikiLink Nguni_languages.
- Gayle_language wikiPageWikiLink Polari.
- Gayle_language wikiPageWikiLink Port_Elizabeth.
- Gayle_language wikiPageWikiLink Pretoria.
- Gayle_language wikiPageWikiLink Priscilla.
- Gayle_language wikiPageWikiLink Slang.
- Gayle_language wikiPageWikiLink South_Africa.
- Gayle_language wikiPageWikiLink South_African_Airways.
- Gayle_language wikiPageWikiLink South_African_English.
- Gayle_language wikiPageWikiLink United_Kingdom.
- Gayle_language wikiPageWikiLink File:De_Waterkant_10.jpg.
- Gayle_language wikiPageWikiLinkText "Gayle language".
- Gayle_language wikiPageWikiLinkText "Gayle".
- Gayle_language family "based on varying mixtures of English and Afrikaans, with similarity to Polari".
- Gayle_language familycolor "Indo-European".
- Gayle_language glotto "gail1235".
- Gayle_language glottorefname "Gail".
- Gayle_language iso "gic".
- Gayle_language name "Gayle".
- Gayle_language ref "e18".
- Gayle_language region "South Africa: mainly in Johannesburg, Pretoria, Cape Town, Durban, Bloemfontein, and Port Elizabeth".
- Gayle_language speakers "20000.0".
- Gayle_language speakers "none".
- Gayle_language wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Infobox_language.
- Gayle_language wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:LGBT_in_South_Africa.
- Gayle_language wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Languages_of_South_Africa.
- Gayle_language wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Reflist.
- Gayle_language wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Rp.
- Gayle_language subject Category:English-based_argots.
- Gayle_language subject Category:LGBT_culture_in_South_Africa.
- Gayle_language subject Category:LGBT_linguistics.
- Gayle_language subject Category:LGBT_terms.
- Gayle_language hypernym English.
- Gayle_language type Language.
- Gayle_language type Person.
- Gayle_language type Redirect.
- Gayle_language type Variety.
- Gayle_language type Language.
- Gayle_language type Thing.
- Gayle_language type Q315.
- Gayle_language type Q34770.
- Gayle_language comment "Gayle, or Gail, is an English and Afrikaans-based gay argot or cant slang used primarily by English and Afrikaans-speaking homosexual men in urban communities of South Africa, and is similar in some respects to Polari in the United Kingdom, from which some lexical items have been borrowed.".
- Gayle_language label "Gayle language".
- Gayle_language sameAs Q3442402.
- Gayle_language sameAs Gaileg.
- Gayle_language sameAs Llengua_Gayle.
- Gayle_language sameAs Gail_jezik.
- Gayle_language sameAs Lenga_gail.
- Gayle_language sameAs Língua_gail.
- Gayle_language sameAs m.04mms9.
- Gayle_language sameAs Q3442402.
- Gayle_language wasDerivedFrom Gayle_language?oldid=702934132.
- Gayle_language depiction De_Waterkant_10.jpg.
- Gayle_language isPrimaryTopicOf Gayle_language.
- Gayle_language name "Gayle".