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Listing 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.
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Linguist List: Double-Dutch and Youthese / Pig Latin - Mailing list posting talks about early occurrences of Pig Latin and other phonologically manipulated youth languages. University of Pennsylvania: Linguistic Form in Ritual and Play - 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: Pig Latin - Mailing list posting mentions several play languages from different cultures, including Ubby Dubby and one used by natives of central Australia. Interactive Programming In Java: A Community of Interacting Entities - Word game examples of Java programming. Includes Pig Latin and Ubby Dubby. Verlan - French Slang à l'Envers - A summary of the French-based Verlan with examples. Parlez-Vous Verlan? - A brief discussion of Verlan. Linguist List: Language Games - 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. Vesre - Description with examples of a language reversal in Argentinian Spanish. Geringoso - A description of a Spanish-based language game used in Argentina, with examples. Language Game - Describes the term language game and gives examples from different languages. Louchebem - A description of the French-based language game, Louchébem (or Loucherbem), with examples. Verlan - A description of a French-based language game with examples.
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