Secret languages. Secret languages of hobos, shopkeepers, thieves and prostitutes

Language does not always have to be understood by everyone. Since ancient times, guild and criminal communities have been inventing their own secret languages. The coded dialect helped to turn deals and discreetly transmit secret information.

Hobo

The secret language of American vagrant workers originated in the early 20th century. Its heyday came during the Great Depression, which forced thousands of people to leave their homes in search of a better life. The locals were not very friendly to vagrants - this was one of the reasons for the emergence of the secret Hobo language. If a layman saw a drawn rectangle with a dot inside on the house, then he could hardly guess that this symbol was left by a hobo warning colleagues about danger. The graphic method of communication was not chosen by chance - most of the hobos were not literate. The hobo-code could advise “to get up as soon as possible” (a circle with two arrows flying out of it), report on the presence of work (two shovels), the proximity of a courthouse or police station (a circle with an intricate “squiggle”), and many other points that turned out to be useful in the difficult life of a hobo. So, a figure in the form of a cylinder (headdress) and a triangle meant that rich people lived in the house, and the “grave mound” and the cross became a symbol of a dishonorable person. Two rhombuses warned that one should be quiet here, and a circle crossed out by two crossed lines gave hope of receiving food in the form of alms.

Polari

According to linguist Paul Baker, the secret language of the British sexual minorities of the 20th century was born on the basis of the thieves' slang, common in the Elizabethan era. It was constantly replenished with slang words that were brought by numerous travelers. In the 18th century, a vocabulary was added used by "the most despised social groups", and in the 19th century, a secret language of wandering buffoons, beggars and street vendors derived from Italian. In polari, you can see the influence of cockney (an old London vernacular, which is characterized by the use of rhyming substitutes), "backing slang" with its mind-blowing pronunciation of words backwards, Yiddish, slang vocabulary of sailors and military pilots, as well as drug addicts. Polari became widespread in London in the circle of chorus boys who performed in musical plays in the western part of the city. Polari was also spoken by male prostitutes, for whom the secret language was vital. Their activity was considered a crime and punishable by death. Most Polari speakers had only a minimal vocabulary and used individual words, weaving them into their usual speech. Those who mastered the polari to perfection could communicate in public, discuss the unsuccessful outfits of nearby people, or frankly talk about their adventures. When a Polari transmission appeared on the radio in the 1960s, the language lost its halo of mystery. The abolition of criminal prosecution for homosexuality has led to the fact that the need for a language “for the initiated” has completely disappeared.

Lunfardo

Linguists have not come to a consensus on the origin of Lunfardo. Probably, it could be based on the dialect of Spanish convicts who arrived in Argentina and Uruguay in the 17th-18th centuries. The lunfardo vocabulary was supplemented with northern Italian dialects, English and French vocabulary, and Romani words. The origin of most of the lexemes remains unknown, so scientists suggest that they were artificially invented by Lunfardo speakers. The main features of this secret language, which today is often called the language of tango, are the abundance of metaphors and the inversion of syllables. So instead of "tango" (tango) appeared "gotán", and instead of "mujer" (woman) - "jermu". Many lunfardo words have become firmly established in the terminology of tango. With the popularity of this dance around the world, lungfardo has lost its mystique.

callahuaia

This secret language is used by the Kalawayas, itinerant healers living in the Bolivian Andes. The origins of their culture date back to the Inca period, from which the secret language probably came, which, along with healing skills, is passed down from generation to generation. However, not all linguists agree: it is quite possible that Callahuaya is associated with the Amazonian dialects, the vocabulary of which the healers borrowed during their travels in search of medicinal plants. Until alternative medicine was officially recognized in Bolivia in 1984, the Kalawayas were forced to lead a semi-legal lifestyle, fearing to lose their freedom for their activities. The secret language of Callahuaya is alive in the rites and medical practice of Kalawaya today, as is the demand for the services of its carriers - virtuoso healers.

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Fenya

The language of the Russians ofen has been studied quite well at the moment. It was based on numerous borrowings from different languages (Greek, Latin, Finno-Ugric, Turkic, Gypsy, Yiddish, etc.), as well as skillful word formation. The buyer, who was present at the conversation between two cunning ofen, could hardly guess what was at stake: they say, it seems, in Russian, but not a word is clear. “Masen is sleeping in condurs and I’ll send a polar-shin trader” (“I’ll run to the tavern and bring half a liter of vodka”) or “In Shilk yukhchay stucco, vahro and semishi” (“Take scarves, cloth and chintz in debt”). Vladimir Dal pointed out that this language was artificially invented "for picaresque meetings of merchants." It is not surprising that the activities of the offens periodically caused dissatisfaction with the police: they tried repeatedly to deal with the offens, and at the same time with their “strange language”. From the middle of the 19th century, the number of ofen began to decline, and at the beginning of the 20th century it became almost impossible to hear the elaborately mysterious speech at Russian fairs.

Code da pinci

For the first time, the symbols used by British burglars were noticed in 2009. Then, in front of some houses in Surrey, ominous chalk signs appeared that looked like children's drawings. It seemed strange to the policemen that the owners of all the "marked" houses had one thing in common: they were robbed. A little later, the symbols were deciphered: in some cases, they warned about the presence of a "defenseless woman" in the mansion or designated the object as "an excellent option", in others, the degree of risk was determined or it was reported that "there is nothing to profit from in the house." All homeowners were given instructions with character decoding and were advised to wash off the identified drawings if found. However, the British police are not asleep, assuming that the disclosure of the da pinci code will force inventive criminals.

Tell us about the varieties of secret languages that existed in Russia.

L. Kekushev (Moscow).

The main purpose of secret languages (slang) is to make the statement incomprehensible to the uninitiated. There are various slang - vagabonds, prisoners, thieves, beggars, as well as some professional languages that have survived from the Middle Ages and are aimed at hiding professional secrets and transmitting information only to those to whom it is addressed. They are also called corporate languages, intended only for members of their corporation. These include language ofeney- small peddlers who sold books, pictures, paper, silk, thread, needles, rings, earrings, etc. in the villages. and felted products. The language of kantyuzhnikov, kulaks, maklaks, prasols, dealers, and matchmakers is known. In each of these "professions" there was an element of fraud that had to be hidden from outsiders.

The secret languages of all these people who lived in Russia were oriented towards the national Russian language, that is, grammar and phonetics were Russian. Mysteriousness was given to the languages by incomprehensible words, partly composed of pieces of Russian words, partly borrowed from the languages of other peoples, near and far: from the Turkic languages, from Greek, from the languages of the Western Slavs.

Kantyuzhniki- beggars, rogues. In the last century, there were entire villages engaged in this trade. Kantuzhny language was partially adopted from Ofen, with some additions, but poorer than Offen.

Fists in the past, not rich peasants, who were dispossessed during the organization of collective farms, were named, but dealers and pimps, especially in the grain trade at bazaars and marinas. The kulak usually did not have a large amount of money at his disposal, but he hunted by measuring, deceiving, and cheating. There was a saying: "A fist without God will be pierced, but without God it will not live."

Dealers and matchmakers were also called lighthouses, tarkhans, eagles, Varangians, maklaks, horse traders, traders. beacon in the past, every sign, sign, specially arranged sign was called: poles and pegs on which surveyors work, markings on which construction workers plaster and paint. To speak in beacons meant to speak on the fingers or with the help of other signs. Beacons-dealers bought lard, wool, and stubble from the villages, while often cheating and weighing. There was also a saying: "The lighthouse has arrived, so honor has come to the pig's hair!"

Eagles also called rag-pickers, rag-pickers. They traveled through the villages to exchange rags and other trifles, a kind of junk dealer who exchanged rags for cheap trinkets. In the Tver province, one could often hear the call-out cry: "Junk, bark, iron-cast iron!" Korye - oak bark, which was used for tanning leather. Iron-cast iron - as we would now put it - scrap metal.

Prasol, or dust- a money-hunter, a buyer and a cattle driver.

All these were merchants with small money, often without a permanent place of residence.

Convergers or pimps they called brokers-intermediaries in the purchase, sale, in various transactions, intermediaries of criminal connections. They were also recruiters.

hucksters were called buyers, resellers, who made their living by buying cheap, often stolen goods and reselling them at a higher price. A special category was made up of horse dealers, who could not do without cheating. There was a saying: "Without roaming, the horse dealer does not believe himself, but if he starts roaming - people do not believe." Rotate - open your mouth in order to carry on a conversation. The conditional language of horse dealers is poor in means of expression, it is focused mainly on the Russian language. Special information in it is conveyed in distorted Tatar words.

After the revolution, prison-camp-thieves jargon became widespread in Russia. In the very first days of the revolution, all the prisoners were released. Elements of their special language, based on Russian grammar and phonetics, but with a special set of words, they spread throughout the country.

There are usually few words in corporate languages. You can’t talk about all things in such a language, and there’s nothing to it. Special words are created only for the most encrypted information. Such corporate languages constitute the extreme limit of the national language. They, it would seem, both enter and do not enter into it.

Ofenei language

Mas - me, mas - we, masygs - ours, khirga - hand, nakhiregi - mittens (the root of this word khir in Greek means hand, palmistry is fortune telling by hand, and word formation is Russian), masya is mother, mastyr - to do, mowing - beating, a fire - a city, wool - cloth, skrypy - doors, yus - money, voksa - firewood. V. I. Dal cites an example of an Offen conversation: "Ropa kimat, twilight, loosely screeching voryhans" - "It's time to sleep, midnight, the roosters will soon sing." In some modern jargons, sleep or doze is denoted by the word kemarit, loose in Czech means soon, quickly, looseness means speed.

Woolbeat language

Ager - a stallion (a distorted Turkic aigyr), carefree - a samovar, biri - hands, valgazh - day, vit - water, vitit - pour, forester - pie, yasat - make, zhor - tooth.

Most of the words of modern slang have several features: they are mostly abbreviated and borrowed words. Moreover, many of them came into colloquial speech from the Internet.

Ava- an abbreviated version of the word "avatar"; photo of the user in the social network profile.

aggro- get angry, swear at someone.

Bombit- infuriates, irritates, strains.

Butthurt, b Ugurt - the state of a person who is indignant, experiencing anger; often used as a synonym for the word "buhurt"; comes from the English word butthurt (butt pain).

Bra, bro- a respectful and friendly form of address from the abbreviated English word brother (brother).

Babesl- an adult woman who is not considered sexually attractive by teenage boys.

Varik- short for "option".

Go- let's go, start, come on; from the English verb go (come on, let's go).

Giza- True, a life situation close to the reader.

Zashkvar- shame, unworthy, bad, not fashionable.

Lalka- a girl who got into an awkward situation, which caused the laughter of others; from the English abbreviation LOL ( laughing out loud - laugh out loud).

LS- private messages.

LP/LD- best friend, best friend.

lois- "like", from the English word like (like). It is used in the meaning of "evaluate". It is most often used in the phrases "losing ava" (positively evaluate the avatar) or "losing the meme" (appreciate a joke, a funny picture).

Poch- short for adverb pronominal interrogative allied word "why".

Pal- fake; most often used in relation to clothes, shoes, bags. (Example: "she has a pal bag, not Louis Vuitton.")

By dehe- a little, a little.

Podik- short for the word "entrance".

Raffle- laugh to tears, roll on the floor with laughter; from the English abbreviation ROFL (r olling on floor laughing - roll on the floor, laughing).

Soryan- I'm sorry, I'm sorry; from the English word sorry (sorry, I apologize).

Sasny- sexy.

tumblr girl- a girl or a girl who adheres to a rebellious, informal style in clothes, makeup. One of the distinguishing features of the Tumbler girl is to stand out with its appearance in the Tumbler social network of the same name.

Top- the most actual, the best, fashionable.

fake- counterfeit, untruth, deceit.

Hare, stop- that's enough, stop.

Hate (haters)- from English. words hate (hate, hatred), haters. Used in the meaning "those who leave bad comments hate".

Shemot- trendy, cool clothes.

Gaming slang

"Gank", "imba", "nerf" - what, ears wither? And this is just game slang, moreover, used here and now by millions of children, adolescents and adults. Is it really so bad and how to distinguish "achievement" from "ability"? Let's help you figure it out.

Abilka- the ability, property of a person or object. For example, "The new iPhone has a lot of cool abilities."

Agro, aggro- behave aggressively, often in response to the actions of others. It comes from the behavior of game monsters that react to the appearance of the player at a certain distance.

Achievement- achievement. It comes from a mechanism for issuing rewards to the player for achieving certain goals. For example: "This month at work, I completed all the tasks on time - consider that I received an achievement.

buff, buff- get temporary benefits. For example: "Gotta go get some coffee to buff up and stay awake."

gank, gank- to achieve their goals by mean methods.

Grind ( possible grind)- monotonous and tedious work necessary to achieve any goal.

Imba, imbalance- an unbalanced, illiterate solution that strengthens one element.

Quest is a task that is often multi-stage. For example: "I passed the quest today - I passed all the documents for a passport."

Level-up- improving any skill, moving to a new level. It can also be used more figuratively to refer to a birthday.

Loot- loot, valuable or not. Often used with the word "drop.

noob- newbie, lol.

pumping- development and improvement of a certain skill. For example: "I pumped my ability to type quickly."

Paladin- a fierce defender of an idea or phenomenon. Often used ironically.

Frag- murder or the number of people killed.

EXPA- experience gained as a result of completing the quest.

Mobs- opponents (normal, not bosses).

Boss- designation of a strong enemy.

privatize- make one's own, take a place; from the English word private (secluded, own, personal).

Craft- create, make; from the English word craft (create).

Owl- a typical computer ... ahem, nerd.

dangerous slang

If you hear the following words from your child (on the phone, in dialogue with friends, but not with you), then there are serious reasons for concern: the child is talking about drugs. The potent synthetic cannabinoid has many names to look out for in a teenager's speech:

Jivik, spice, mix, grass, greens, book, magazine, heads, heads, palych, hard, soft, dry, chemistry, plastic, hay, sticky, cherry, chocolate, placer, rega, smoke, green flag, lyapka, plop These are all drug names.

Salt, mix, legal, speed, white, sc, flour, rega, ross- a dangerous synthetic drug.

Bookmark, treasure- a place where a drug is hidden, which can be bought via the Internet.

mine- find a treasure and use the drug.

Bong, Bulka, Bulbulator, Pipe, Bottle, Battle, Bulbik- a device for smoking a drug, usually made by hand or purchased in a store.

Chickens, hens, chickens- couriers making bookmarks.

Seagulls- people who steal treasures before they reach the addressee.

trip report- a description on the forum or site where the drug is sold, the effect obtained after using the drug. Usually done as a "thank you" for a free trial dose.

Language Substitute

Sometimes the speech of a teenager becomes so incomprehensible that it causes disgust and rejection. But most often, "word substitutes" are used by those children with whom the parents never really communicated, ignored their states and moods, asked to be silent and not interfere. In addition, with the process of growing up, the child becomes necessary to belong to a certain subculture. Neuropsychologist Ekaterina Schatskova says that at this age it is incredibly important to feel like part of a group.

Often, this is precisely what achieves such an important new formation of this period as strengthening, expanding and delineating the boundaries of the "I", although it can be illusory. At the initial stage of the formation of the personality of a teenager, one can note denial, delaying maturation. Hence such manifestations as special music, style of clothing and behavior, vocabulary. All this can symbolize distance from the world of adults, especially if there are some difficulties in family relationships, the specialist clarifies.

The reason for using slang is the desire for independence. Often, for adolescents, "adulthood" is presented as freedom, but they still cannot realize that in "adulthood" there is also responsibility.

The neuropsychologist also notes that it is still not worth prohibiting the use of new words and scolding the child, since this is a temporary phenomenon.

However, if the use of specific vocabulary is not situational, but constant, and the teenager seems to speak a foreign language, then it is worth paying attention to family relationships: this may indicate problems with trust, with the separation of the teenager from the family, - the specialist notes.

It is very important to instill good taste in a child from childhood - for books, music, films, games. Spend time together watching movies and reading books, pay attention to cultural activities, go to theaters and exhibitions. If a child hears beautiful and correct speech around him, he will not have a desire to vulgarize it, but, on the contrary, he will try to speak the same way.

And first of all, parents need to be an example for their child in terms of speech: if you yourself don’t understand how to talk, then what do you want to hear from the child?

Adolescents clearly understand when and where one can speak certain substitute words, and when it is necessary to switch to ordinary speech, says psychologist Ekaterina Koksharova. for children to enrich their vocabulary.

Sooner or later, a teenager will no longer need to "be his own" in the circle of his peers, he will really choose his circle, corresponding to his level of development and intelligence, where he will be comfortable and understandable and will not need to simplify his speech just to be understood and understood. accepted.

In today's world, there are secret languages that are spoken and understood by only a few people. These secret languages are used by a wide variety of groups, including traditional healers, professional wrestlers, citizens of certain communities, and even criminals. Ten such languages are described in detail here, starting from the history of their appearance and ending with the examples of words that we could find.

1. Polari

Polari originated in the 19th century as a means of communication between British sailors, but became the unofficial language of British gays between the 1930s and 1960s. At the time, it was illegal to be gay in the UK. Polari allowed gays to secretly communicate with each other and recognize gays even when talking to strangers. If the stranger answered correctly, the gays knew that he belonged, if not, they still went about their business without revealing their sexual orientation.

In Polari, sex was called "trading", the word "cottage" meant looking for partners in the showers. "Wada" meant "to look at someone", the word "chrysalis" referred to someone with a pretty face, and "chicken" was any youth. The policemen were called "sharpers" or "lilies of the law" and an attractive man was called a "dish". The telephone was called the “Polari pipe”, and the word “Polari” itself meant “to speak”. Now the Polari dictionary can already be freely found on the Internet.

2. Pig Latin

Children, and sometimes adults, used pig latin, which is formed by mangling the words of the English language, to secretly communicate with each other. It first began to be used around 1869, but then this slang was called "hog latin", "goose latin" or "dog latin". Some Pig Latin words later entered the official English language.

The conversion of English words to "Pig Latin" depended on the letter or groups of letters with which the word began. If the word started with a vowel, "way" was added to the end, so "awesome" became "awesomeway." If a word started with a consonant followed by a vowel, the consonant was moved to the end of the word and "ay" was added, so "happy" became "appyhay". If the word started with two consonants, both consonants were moved to the end of the word and "ay" was added, so "child" became "ildchay".

Leet, aka Hackspeak, works by replacing individual letters in a word with a number, symbol, or group of numbers or symbols that resemble a letter. For example, "Hacker" is written "| - | @K3R" where "| - |» represents "H", "@" represents "a", and "3" is written instead of "e".

Leet was originally used by an elite group of hackers in the 1980s when it was used to send secret messages to members of the community. However, some Internet users can read it, albeit with difficulty. But computers can't read it, so spammers have started using it in mailing lists to bypass spam filters. Some Internet users use it to create passwords. Such passwords are difficult to crack with traditional brute-force hacking programs, but easy for the user to remember.

4. Buntling

Buntling is the unofficial language of Booneville, California, where it was spoken between 1880 and 1920. It is a mixture of several Indian languages, Spanish and slang words created by the locals. One of the reasons for the “closedness” of buntling is just these slang words. They were formed from the nicknames and characteristics of local residents, and now they are afraid that visitors can use them for ridicule.

For example, "Jeffer" means "fire" or "burn". The word comes from a man named Jeff Vestal who loved to start fires wherever he went. Similarly, the word "charlie", meaning "to disgrace", came from the name of a local Indian named Charlie Ball, who was famous for his awkwardness. There is also the word "shoveltooth", which means "doctor". It appeared because one of the doctors of the city had very wide teeth. The word "Tige" means "crazy" - because the famous local drunkard was very fond of singing the song "Hold That Tiger".

The word "almittey" ("burp") comes from a woman named Almittey, who was known for burping too much. "Apple-head" means "girl", but originally the word was used as a nickname for a girl of a native who had a very small head. In general, the art of speaking Buntling is called "playing the harp."

Professional wrestlers use carnies to talk among themselves, even if they are in front of a crowd of spectators. Carnie has its origins in the early days of professional wrestling, when match attendants (called "carnies") used it to communicate during public matches.

Carney, above all, is distinguished by the habit of adding the interjection "eaz" before each vowel. Thus "is" becomes "eazis" and "Kelley" becomes "Keazelleazey". But, in addition to this addition, the carnie also contains several slang words, for example, “Andre shots”, which means strikes at certain angles (the expression appeared in honor of Andre Te Giant).

The expression "Batman match" refers to empty, uninteresting matches, the phrase "beat down" is used when a wrestler is beaten by a group of wrestlers, and "canned hat" refers to the moments when the screams of the fans begin to be broadcast through the broadcast speakers.

6. Lunfardo

Prisoners in Argentina use lunfardo to secretly communicate with each other. This language first originated among the lower strata of Buenos Aires and was based on a mixture of Spanish and Italian words. Lunfardo has more than 5,000 words, one of the main tricks of this slang is changing syllables in places, for example, "cafe" will sound like "feka".

Thanks to the spread of tango, lunfardo became popular in Europe, where it was perceived as a language of power and sex. In 1943, its use in tango music was banned at the behest of moralists, who were shocked that young people spoke Lunfardo. In the 1950s, its use fell into decline, but in the 1960s, the popularity of lunfardo returned again.

7. Swordspeak

Swordspeak is an arcane jargon used by gay men in the Philippines. It appeared in connection with the unfriendly attitude of the traditional society towards gays. The slang is a mixture of English, Spanish, Japanese words, and several native Filipino vernaculars, including Tagalog, Cebuano, Waray, Bicolano, and Hiligaynon. In addition, the names of domestic and foreign politicians, celebrities, and brand names are used. The very word "sword" in slang means "gay".

Swordspeak has no fixed rules or standards, and different localities have their own dialects. Words are added and removed as needed. Some Swordspeakers also change one or two letters of their words to further confuse the uninitiated.

Wordspeak is related to the Indonesian Bahasa Binan, which adds "in" in the middle of a word and removes other letters. The word Binan itself comes from the word Banci and means a male transvestite. It removed the "ci" ending, while placing "in" between "b" and "an".

8. Tives Kant

Thieves' Cant is also called Rogue's Cant and Peddler's French. It was the language for secret communication between thieves and beggars in several English-speaking countries, including Great Britain. Now it is used quite rarely, although it is still found among gangs in the US and the UK. There are two versions of it: Simple Thieves' Cant ("simple thieves' jargon") and Advanced Thieves' Cant ("Advanced thieves' jargon").

The "simple" version has always been the most common and was used by novice criminals, citizens from the social lower classes, as well as law enforcement agents. The "advanced" language was known to few and was used by higher level criminals. But even they rarely used it, and it could only be learned orally from an experienced criminal.

Examples:

In the "simple" version, the offender is called "pigeon plucker" ("pigeon baby"), and the victim is called "pigeon" ("dove"); the art of counterfeiting money is called "drawing pictures with kings".

In the "advanced language" "desert" is called "akban", "diamond" - "artel", "farm" - "narak", "food" - "safe", "hello" - "sayetonta".

Nushu, which means "women's writing", is a language exclusively used by Chinese women. It appeared in the Chinese province of Hunan around 15 BC. At that time, many women were forbidden to receive education, and then they invented their own language and their own script in order to secretly communicate with each other. The language was so well kept secret that it was only discovered in the West in the 1980s.

Some words were taken from Chinese, some were invented. As in traditional Chinese writing, Nushu characters are written and read from top to bottom and from right to left. But unlike traditional writing, Nushu characters take up less space and contain more curved lines. The last complete nushu expert was Yang Huanyi, who died in 2004 at the age of 98.

10. Kalawaya

This language is spoken exclusively by members of the Bolivian Kalawayi tribe. They live in six villages in the Apolobamba region of Bolivia and are traditional medical healers. The language is mainly used for medicinal purposes, but sometimes Kalaways speak it in everyday life.

The Kalawayi language is derived from the Quechua language spoken by the Incas. Words are not written down, the language is transmitted orally from father to son or from an experienced healer to his student. Children do not learn the language, it is reserved only for teenagers and adults who want to become traditional healers. The language is rapidly disappearing, with fewer than 100 people currently speaking it.

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It is for this reason that more and more teenagers are trying to come up with their own secret language. After all, you can communicate on it anywhere. All the same, no one will understand a word of what friends have said.

Rearranging letters

One of the easiest ways to encrypt your conversation is to use words that are not those that are accepted in Russian or other speech, but somewhat modified. For example, not many people will guess the meaning of such a phrase: buzar lyb was not very likely uiksnyv. Although in fact its essence is rather banal. And “translated” into the great and mighty Russian language, it will sound: the watermelon was incredibly tasty.

Using the same technology, you can develop a whole dictionary, including the most important or secret words. Each group of guys can have their own. You just need to spend a little time, encrypt them and, of course, learn them. After all, the comrades themselves must always understand what the interlocutor is talking about. And do not goggle when you hear: it is yantiravs yalav. Which means - I like Valya.

Addition of specific syllables

Another rather funny secret language is obtained by interspersing syllables in a normal word with additional ones. For example, take the syllable "ke" as a basis and insert it into your speech. As a result, you can get the following phrase: keksekenikeya keposhkela kegukel keso kesvokeim keparken. It may seem to others that there are foreigners who came from Italy or Spain nearby. But in reality, these are simple Russian guys training their speech apparatus, diction, as well as the ability to divide words into syllables, pronouncing unthinkable and sometimes very whirlwind combinations. Incomprehensible to anyone.

If our reader has not yet caught what was encrypted in a funny and difficult to pronounce phrase, then we will reveal the secret of the secret language. After all, it was about the girl Xenia, who went for a walk with her boyfriend.

Pronunciation of only vowels

To learn to speak the next language, you will have to make a lot of effort. Indeed, in this case it will be necessary to pronounce words, throwing out consonants from them. In addition to the fact that such a language will be quite difficult to remember, in some cases, you will have to guess about the meaning, the content of a particular sentence for more than one hour.

For example, not everyone can understand what is hidden in such a phrase: I e yui uo, ooi e. Skill will come only with time, so many guys do not want to bother with cramming. After all, she gets bored at school. Therefore, to suffer with a sentence in which “I have not learned a lesson, help me” is encrypted, few people want to understand. However, even this, according to some friends, inadequate secret language has its admirers.

Pronunciation of consonants only

The next language is much clearer than the previous one. Although it may have its own difficulties and incidents. In any case, our reader will decide on his own whether to choose it for communication or consider any other. We can only talk about what technology it implies. So, in this secret language for girlfriends, the idea is this: you need to pronounce words not in full, but by reducing all vowels. As a result, the secret phrase should sound like this: two pdshm nd prpdvtlm, pdlzhm n stl button. Although if you pronounce it without naming each letter separately, but as a single word, then some adult or unwanted listeners can guess what it is about. This is easy to verify if you look at the transcription below: [dvay padshtem nd perpdvtlm, padlzhem n stal canepk]. The mystery will become clear and understandable. And everyone will find out that the guys decided to play a trick on the teacher by placing a button on his chair.

The language of numbers

This secret language for communication will appeal to comrades with a mathematical mindset who cannot imagine their lives without numbers and numbers. However, such a cipher is more suitable for written negotiations than for oral communication. On the other hand, if a classmate or, even worse, a teacher suddenly intercepts an important secret from the guys exchanging notes in the lesson, no one will understand its content.

So, the essence of such a language is to replace an alphabetic character with its serial number in the alphabet. For example, instead of the letter “b”, the number “2”, “d” - “5”, etc. Whether to take into account a solid sign in the calculation or not, should be determined independently. Be that as it may, the approximate form of the encrypted phrase will be: 17*16*11*5*7*14 3 12*1*22*6. To compose various proposals, as well as to decipher them, we offer the reader the following table.

For convenience, you can print it and always carry it with you. Then at any moment it will be possible to find out what is important to tell a friend.

Fujiyama language

If you want to talk to your friends in a language that no one will ever be able to guess, you should get together and come up with your own alphabet. Or, in simpler terms, give each letter its own name. For example, say not "b", but "zuzu" and the like. The principle of technology is quite simple. It remains only to come up with and learn your secret alphabet and secret language for girls or boys.

If you don’t want to rack your brains over a painstaking process, you can take the following “nicknames” for letters as a basis. You can see them in the picture below.

Sign language

Another interesting, funny and quite easy to remember language is based on gestures. That is, in order to communicate with your friends, you will have to resort to the help of your hands. After all, it is they who will “tell” what secret and important things you want to entrust to your friends.

The advantages of this secret language for friends are the following aspects:

he is comfortable;
easy to remember;
does not require additional materials;
the essence of the proposals is captured by the interlocutor without additional explanations;
great for everyday communication.

So, in order to learn sign language, you should familiarize yourself with the following picture. It presents a clear and understandable action that implies one or another letter of the Russian alphabet.

Ending replacement

What other secret language can you come up with to communicate with friends? For example, one where the endings of words - the last two letters, change to one corresponding to a particular cipher. You can leave short words, prepositions, particles, pronouns, etc. unchanged. And improve only long words.

Suppose that we take the morpheme "mu" as a basis. Then the secret sentence will be composed as follows: it seems to our teacher that I myself do not know my subject. As a result, the phrase “it seems that our teacher himself does not know his subject” will be understood only by a select circle of people. In which the teacher, who can send to the director or call the parents for bad behavior, will not understand anything.

Another option, based on the technology proposed above, is a somewhat complicated secret language for communicating with friends. In it, you should choose your own special ending for the three main parts of speech. For example:

to a noun - "la";
to the adjective - "dy";
to the verb - "vi".

And in proper names, change syllables in places. And then you can build your speech in a slightly different way: Shama is a pretty girl, put her in the keel. Thanks to such simple actions, the secret information that Masha is a beautiful girl, so the interlocutor wants to invite her to the cinema, will not leak to strangers. And friends certainly will not tell the secret to anyone.

Special Permutation

There are many secret languages in the modern world, and almost every one of them can be found on the vast expanses of the Internet. Here are just a cipher that is known to many people, it is unwise to use it to conduct intimate conversations with comrades. After all, those around or even adults who were once also children and used a secret language can understand what is at stake.

But how to come up with a secret language? It is not so easy to answer this question. However, this circumstance can be an excellent occasion to get together with your friends and think together about inventing such a thing.

For example, in the old days the following principle of the secret language was popular:

Each word that begins with a vowel must have a random syllable added. Let's take Runes as an example.
For a word that begins with a consonant followed by a vowel, we rearrange the first letter to the end, and then add “bru” or another part.
If the word begins with two consonants, then we transfer both of them to the end, and after that we add “uru”.
If the word begins with two vowels, then after the word we put “fis” and throw both first letters to the end.

As a result, we may end up with a sentence of this type: In Lefisia, I am going to foolishly offer a pruru ashkedbryu, hopefully, it will be announced sbryu. Or, to put it in "human" language: "In July I will propose to Dasha, I hope she will agree."

One of the secret languages described above to attract attention from others and hide your secrets from them can be invented if you use simple methods.