Is Kaliarda, Greek Gay Slang, a mixed gypsy language?
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Montoliu, César
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Journal article
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English
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Asociación Cultural Hispano-Helénica 2005
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Erytheia: Revista de estudios bizantinos y neogriegos ISSN 0213-1986 Nº. 26, 2005, pags. 299-318
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The aim of this paper is to describe Kaliardá, the Greek gay slang, and to evaluate the importance of the Romani element in it. In order to achieve these goals I have proceeded to a word count and to a linguistic classification of the lexical material in the Petropoulos¿ gay slang dictionary. I conclude that Kaliardá is not a mixed Gypsy language. It is rather a slang or a professional jargon with an important Romani element in it. I hypothesize that it first appeared in a Romani speaking environment connected with male prostitution.