Hokaglish

English

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)

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

• Taglish
• Conyo
• Bislish