Hokaglish

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Hokaglish

Etymology

Blend of Hokkien +‎ Taglish.

Examples

Tagalog-based: "Saang tshài-kuán (菜館) kayo kumain ng dinner pagkatapos mag-tsuè-lé-pài (做禮拜)?"
Full Tagalog: "Saang kainan kayo kumain ng hapunan pagkatapos magsimba?" ("Which restaurant did you guys go for dinner after attending church?")
Hokkien-based: "Dín tó-loh palengke khì shopping bué tsit khuán prutas ba?"
Full Hokkien: 恁佗落菜市去買這款果子？(POJ: Lín tó-loh chhài-chhǐ khì bóe chit khoán ké-chí?, lit. "Which market did you go to buy this kind of fruit?")
English-based: "Which store did you make bili tsit niá saⁿ (這領衫)? Maybe, I could bué tsit-gé (買這个) rin."
Full English: "Which store did you buy these clothes from? Maybe, I could buy this one too."

Proper noun

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

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