Play (Science/Social_Sciences/Linguistics/Languages/Constructed/Play)
up PlayListing sites that concern themselves with made-up playful languages and jargons occurring in all parts of the world. These will often -- but by no means exclusively -- be used by children as a form of code or a game. These languages are characterized by systematic rearrangement of letters or phonemes of words. Play languages are also called ludlings.EntriesLanguage Game http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Language_game Describes the term language game and gives examples from different languages. Verlan http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verlan A description of a French-based language game with examples. Vesre http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vesre Description with examples of a language reversal in Argentinian Spanish. Geringoso http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geringoso A description of a Spanish-based language game used in Argentina, with examples. Louchebem http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louchebem A description of the French-based language game, Louchébem (or Loucherbem), with examples. Verlan - French Slang à l'Envers http://french.about.com/library/vocab/bl-verlan.htm A summary of the French-based Verlan with examples. University of Pennsylvania: Linguistic Form in Ritual and Play http://www.ldc.upenn.edu/myl/ling001/games.htm Part of the schedule of lectures and assignments of Linguistics 001. Covers language games, song and verse. Includes a section on Ubbi Dubbi and children's language games in a number of countries. Linguist List: Double-Dutch and Youthese / Pig Latin http://www.linguistlist.org/issues/8/8-1221.html Mailing list posting talks about early occurrences of Pig Latin and other phonologically manipulated youth languages. Linguist List: Language Games http://linguistlist.org/issues/5/5-812.html Mailing list posting author Trey Jones presents a summary of secret and play languages from many cultures, including Cazarny Talk, the Russian Fufa Language, Arabic language play and Bengali Pig Latins. Extensive bibliography. Linguist List: Pig Latin http://www.linguistlist.org/issues/2/2-406.html Mailing list posting mentions several play languages from different cultures, including Ubby Dubby and one used by natives of central Australia. Ludlings http://p098.ezboard.com/fwordoriginsorgfrm2.showMessage?topicID=298.topic A bulletin board discussion of ludlings. Parlez-Vous Verlan? http://www.globalpolicy.org/globaliz/cultural/2002/0326verlan.htm A brief discussion of Verlan. Prokem Slang http://www.angelfire.com/ga/gwali/slang.html Short list of Prokem (Jakartan slang) terms with Indonesian and English glosses. A Bibliography of References Pertaining to Prokem http://www.geocities.com/thslone/prokem.html An annotated bibliography of references pertaining to Prokem, a slang spoken in Jakarta, Indonesia. Vietnamese vs English: Noi Lai Play Language http://www.saigon.com/~kyanh/archives/vn-gblf/msg00303.html Mailing list thread touches on the noi lai jargon and its significance in Vietnamese society. Interactive Programming In Java: A Community of Interacting Entities http://www.cs101.org/ipij/interlude-stringXformers.html Word game examples of Java programming. Includes Pig Latin and Ubby Dubby. Same-Edge Alignment with Opposite-Edge Effects http://wso.williams.edu/~nsanders/Papers/sanders-wccfl19.pdf A linguistic paper on ludlings, with examples in Baliktád (from Tagalog) and Zuuja-go (from Japanese). SubcategoriesPig Latin Category collecting sites written in or about the playful code language Pig Latin, also known as Dog Latin. It is a jargon popular among children, systematically formed by the transposition of Ubbi Dubbi Listing sites written in or about the playful modified English known as Ubbi Dubbi. Alternate spellings of the children's code language are Ubby Dubby and Ubi Dubi. It is a jargon related to Pig Related categoriesBrowser Based This is where to find word games of all kinds including original word games, crosswords, anagrams, word search, hangman, and all the rest. For Kids and Teens Sites about made-up or secret languages. These are often used by children as a form of code or Games Wordplay Anagrams, ambigrams, word trivia, puns, ambigrams, and palindromes to name a few. Often humorous Neigbour categoriesDirectories Fictional Fictional languages are created, generally by an individual but sometimes by a group, and not intended primarily as a means of international communication (see International Auxiliary) but as a work International Auxiliary International Auxiliary Languages (IALs) are languages constructed with the aim of facilitating communication between people who would otherwise have no other language in common. They are usually Language Creation This ODP category contains resources for creating your own language and language creation theory. For other topics, go to Logical Reformed and Modified English Script (This section is quite beta and buggy, have patience. Thanks)
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