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. For Kids & Teens@ (6) Pig Latin (29) Ubbi Dubbi (4) 1. A Bibliography of References Pertaining to Prokem - An annotated bibliography of references pertaining to Prokem, a slang spoken in Jakarta, Indonesia. 2. Argot and Verlan - A detailed academic description of Verlan by Yvette Ellis, including information on syntax. 3. Geringoso - A description of a Spanish-based language game used in Argentina, with examples. 4. Interactive Programming In Java: A Community of Interacting Entities - Word game examples of Java programming. Includes Pig Latin and Ubby Dubby. 5. Intra-Representational Correspondence and the Realization of Empty Morphemes NEW! - A linguistic paper on ludlings. 6. Language Game - Describes the term language game and gives examples from different languages. 7. Linguist List: Double-Dutch and Youthese / Pig Latin - Mailing list posting talks about early occurrences of Pig Latin and other phonologically manipulated youth languages. 8. 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. 9. 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. 10. Louchebem - A description of the French-based language game, Louchébem (or Loucherbem), with examples. 11. Ludlings - A bulletin board discussion of ludlings. 12. Noi Lai - Vietnamese Play on Words - Three examples of Noi Lai phrases with their contexts are given. 13. Parlez-Vous Verlan? - A brief discussion of Verlan. 14. Prokem Slang - Short list of Prokem (Jakartan slang) terms with Indonesian and English glosses. 15. Same-Edge Alignment with Opposite-Edge Effects - A linguistic paper on ludlings, with examples in Baliktád (from Tagalog) and Zuuja-go (from Japanese). 16. 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. 17. Verlan - A description of a French-based language game with examples. 18. Verlan - French Slang à l'Envers - A summary of the French-based Verlan with examples. 19. Vesre - Description with examples of a language reversal in Argentinian Spanish. 20. Vietnamese vs English: Noi Lai Play Language - Mailing list thread touches on the noi lai jargon and its significance in Vietnamese society.

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