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    El hungarito (‘the little Hungarian’) is a sociolinguistic practice of some Spanish-speaking transgender women and gay men of the city of Lima (Peru). It is a morpho-phonological tactic that consists of the addition of the dummy suffixes /VsVrV/ and /VksVrV/ in the final syllables of several words. This ‘anti-language’ tactic (Halliday 1976) hides parts of discourse from outsiders, and protects its speakers from homophobic and transphobic violence. In order to outline the semiotic processes and linguistic ideologies involved in the enregisterment of El Hungarito, I will analyze diverse instances of its use in Peruvian movies, TV reports and social networks. Keywords: Spanish language, Latin America, language and identity, gay and transgender studies, anti-language, language games

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    El hungarito (‘the little Hungarian’) is a sociolinguistic practice of some Spanish-speaking transgender women and gay men of the city of Lima (Peru). It is a morpho-phonological tactic that consists of the addition of the dummy suffixes /VsVrV/ and /VksVrV/ in the final syllables of several words. This ‘anti-language’ tactic (Halliday 1976) hides parts of discourse from outsiders, and protects its speakers from homophobic and transphobic violence. In order to outline the semiotic processes and linguistic ideologies involved in the enregisterment of El Hungarito, I will analyze diverse instances of its use in Peruvian movies, TV reports and social networks. Keywords: Spanish language, Latin America, language and identity, gay and transgender studies, anti-language, language games

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    El hungarito (‘the little Hungarian’) is a sociolinguistic practice of some Spanish-speaking transgender women and gay men of the city of Lima (Peru). It is a morpho-phonological tactic that consists of the addition of the dummy suffixes /VsVrV/ and /VksVrV/ in the final syllables of several words. This ‘anti-language’ tactic (Halliday 1976) hides parts of discourse from outsiders, and protects its speakers from homophobic and transphobic violence. In order to outline the semiotic processes and linguistic ideologies involved in the enregisterment of El Hungarito, I will analyze diverse instances of its use in Peruvian movies, TV reports and social networks. Keywords: Spanish language, Latin America, language and identity, gay and transgender studies, anti-language, language games

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    Anti-language

    practices of
    transgender
    women and gay
    men in Peru:
    The case of El
    hungarito
    Ernesto Cuba
    The Graduate Center (CUNY)

    Morpho-phonological
    strategy

    loca
    noun crazy woman, faggot
    Base

    / loka /

    Suffix

    / -sVrV /

    Result

    / lo-soroka-sara /

    Claudia Llosas Lxoro


    (2012)
    Loxoro is the language used among transsexuals
    to communicate in difficult situations.

    Lxoro (2012)

    Video 1
    Hey, old [unintelligible]! Hurry up! I
    have to work.

    Video 2
    Macuti: Here. Hold on a moment. Hello Gillete!
    Gillete: Baby, whats going on?
    M: Hello queen! Have you seen Mia?
    G: Mia? Are you crazy? Why are you looking for her
    here?
    M: She knows how to come here.
    G: Are you nuts? Do you think Im her bodyguard,
    dumb-ass? Forget her, faggot. Attention! Here comes
    the police! Jump in, jump in, jump in!

    More strategies
    oye

    loca

    interj. hey

    noun crazy woman,


    faggot

    Base

    / oye /

    / loka /

    Suffix

    / -pV /

    / -ksVrV /

    Result

    / o-poye-pe /

    / lo-ksoroka-ksara /

    Al Sexto Da (2012)

    Video 3
    Well, we are on our way so they
    (fem.) could make ITS and HIV-AIDS
    tests.

    Video 4
    That guy is very hot and I want to
    bring him to my room, so that he
    fucks
    me.

    A linguistic repertoire
    Word length

    Suffixes

    Clitic

    Suffix on last
    syllable

    / -ksVrV /

    /-kut/ /-kuti/

    Suffix on two last


    syllables
    Last syllable
    drops.
    Two last syllables
    drop.

    / -sVrV /
    / -pV /
    / -sV /
    /-kut / /-kuti /

    A los 40 (2014)

    Video 5
    A: Who let this fucking whore know
    about the party?
    B: I did. I wanted to dance.

    Fulvio Carmelo, el chi-siricosoro

    El hungarito in social networks


    (1)

    El hungarito in social networks


    (2)
    A: Cuando t-ksiri (tiras) despus de tiempo.
    A: Cuando tienes sexo despus de mucho tiempo.
    A: When you have sex after long time.
    B: Amigx te me caste. Tu m-ksara (marido) es
    bien
    m-ksuru (mujer). Tiene voz de bebi-kuti
    (beb).
    B: Amigo, me decepcionas. Tu marido es bien mujer.
    Tiene voz de beb.
    B: Friend, you have dissapointed me. Your boyfriend
    (lit. husband) is very feminine (lit. woman). He has
    a baby voice.

    Language ideologies and


    semiotic processes
    Semiotic
    process

    Language ideology

    Erasure

    A unique anti-language

    Iconization

    Lxoro, the transsexual


    language

    Second order of
    indexicality

    Gayness & queerness as


    lifestyles

    Gracias!

    jcuba@gradcenter.cuny.edu

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