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| hribecek Triglot Senior Member Czech Republic Joined 5350 days ago 1243 posts - 1458 votes  Speaks: English*, Czech, Spanish Studies: Italian, Polish, Slovak, Hungarian, Toki Pona, Russian | Message 1 of 3 13 January 2012 at 2:39pm | IP Logged | ||
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Does anybody remember or know anything about the origins of this 'language'?
Similarly to Pig Latin, it changes parts of the language being spoken and to understand it, you have to learn how it changes. When I was at school, my friends and I created (at least I thought so at the time) Huvagub, but several years later I found out that a form of it was being used in other parts of England too (called Bubble language), so we can't have created it ourselves. This 'language' basically added ...uvag/avag/eveg/ovag/ivag... to each syllable of each word, so 'language' would be 'lavaganguavaguage' (the syllable is pronounced according to the original sound, Huvagub isn't a written language). Friends who didn't know the rules couldn't understand it and friends who knew the rules vaguely could understand a little bit. Another version I've heard from London was based on '...ulal...' as the change, or something like that. Anyway, I used to use Huvagub with my friends all the time between and even during classes and still use it sometimes with 1 friend. I'm interested to know if anybody else in England or anywhere used/uses this language too and if anybody knows how it started. Edited by hribecek on 13 January 2012 at 2:40pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Ari Heptaglot Senior Member Norway Joined 6583 days ago 2314 posts - 5695 votes Speaks: Swedish*, English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Mandarin, Cantonese Studies: Czech, Latin, German | Message 2 of 3 13 January 2012 at 3:12pm | IP Logged | ||
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None of those you cite seem to be listed in Wikipedia's list of language games, so they can't be that spread. As to the origins, most likely they were invented by a group of kids, just like you and your friends. It's very common and happens in most languages. Some are invented (at least according to popular belief) by criminals who want to speak without the police understanding them.
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| hribecek Triglot Senior Member Czech Republic Joined 5350 days ago 1243 posts - 1458 votes Speaks: English*, Czech, Spanish Studies: Italian, Polish, Slovak, Hungarian, Toki Pona, Russian | Message 3 of 3 13 January 2012 at 6:18pm | IP Logged | ||
Thanks for trying and for the information about kids inventing languages being quite common. I'd like to believe that my friends and I invented Huvagub, but I doubt it. I also tried to look for it on-line and found a couple of comments about it on some random forums but nothing about the origins or anything interesting. Did any English/British people here come into contact with this 'language' (I don't know how to refer to it)? Edited by hribecek on 13 January 2012 at 6:19pm 1 person has voted this message useful |
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