Bislish

Bislish

Bislish is a portmanteau of the words 'Bisaya' and 'English' which refers to the any of the Visayan languages of the Philippines infused with English terms. It is an example of code-switching. An example of Bislish as spoken in Cebuano-language areas would be, "Tired na jud"Gyud" is pronounced as either [dʒud] , [gjud] , or [gud] . In informal communications, it is also occasionally written as "gud" (often "gud" or "jud")] ko, girl, how far pa house nimo?"

ee also

* Taglish
* Bisalog
* Bisakol
* Code-switching
* Visayan languages

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