Directory of Play Resources

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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.

Subcategories

• For Kids and Teens
• Pig Latin
• Ubbi Dubbi

Resources in This Category

• Geringoso

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geringoso
  A description of a Spanish-based language game used in Argentina, with examples.

• 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.

• Language Game

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Language_game
  Describes the term language game and gives examples from different languages.

• 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.

• Louchebem

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louchebem
  A description of the French-based language game, Louchébem (or Loucherbem), with examples.

• Parlez-Vous Verlan?

  http://www.globalpolicy.org/globaliz/cultural/2002/0326verlan.htm
  A brief discussion of Verlan.

• 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.

• Verlan

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verlan
  A description of a French-based language game 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.

• Vesre

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vesre
  Description with examples of a language reversal in Argentinian Spanish.

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