Gail language

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.

External links

• Gayle - Gay SA slang
• Ethnologue

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)