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A language game (also called a cant, secret language, ludling, or argot) is a system of manipulating spoken words to render them incomprehensible to an untrained listener. Language games are used primarily by groups attempting to conceal their conversations from others. Some common examples are Pig Latin; the Gibberish family, prevalent in the ...
Gibberish (game) Gibberish (sometimes Jibberish or Geta[1]) is a language game that is played in the United States and Canada by adding "idig" to the beginning of each syllable of spoken words. [2][3] Similar games are played in many other countries. The name Gibberish refers to the nonsensical sound of words spoken according to the rules of ...
Pig Latin (Igpay Atinlay) is a language game, argot, or cant in which words in English are altered, usually by adding a fabricated suffix or by moving the onset or initial consonant or consonant cluster of a word to the end of the word and adding a vocalic syllable (usually -ay or /eɪ/) to create such a suffix. [1]
Idioglossia. An idioglossia (from the Ancient Greek ἴδιος ídios, 'own, personal, distinct' and γλῶσσα glôssa, 'tongue') is an idiosyncratic language invented and spoken by only one or two people. Most often, idioglossia refers to the "private languages" of young children, especially twins, the latter being more specifically known ...
Based on pitch levels sounded with their solfege syllables (a "musical language") although no knowledge of music is required to learn it. Communicationssprache. 1839. Joseph Schipfer. Based on French. Universalglot. 1868. Jean Pirro. An early a posteriori language, predating even Volapük.
Ubbi dubbi is a language game spoken with the English language. Originating in America in the 17th century, [1] it was popularized by the 1972–1978 PBS children's show Zoom. [2][3] When Zoom was revived in 1999 on PBS, Ubbi dubbi was again a feature of the show. [4][5] Variations of Ubbi Dubbi include Obbish, Ob, Ib, Arpy Darpy, and Iz.
Cryptophasia is the phenomenon of a language developed by twins (identical or fraternal) that only the two children can understand. [1] The word has its roots from the Greek crypto-, meaning secret, and -phasia, meaning speech. Most linguists associate cryptophasia with idioglossia, which is any language used by only one, or very few, people.
Patricia K. Kuhl. Patricia Katherine Kuhl (born Mitchell, South Dakota, November 5, 1946) is a Professor of Speech and Hearing Sciences and co-director of the Institute for Learning & Brain Sciences at the University of Washington. She specializes in language acquisition and the neural bases of language, and she has also conducted research on ...