Língua do Pê
| Linpinguapa dopo Pêpê | |
|---|---|
| Spoken in | Brazil, Portugal |
| Classification | Double talk Kongarian |
| Spoken with | Portuguese |
| See also: Language games | |
Língua do Pê (Portuguese, P Language) is a language game spoken in Brazil and Portugal with Portuguese. It is also known in other languages, such as Dutch.
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[edit] Function
There are at least three different "dialects," or variations, of Língua do Pê.
[edit] "Double talk" dialect
This "dialect" of Língua do Pê is just like the Jeringonza and the Idioma F language games in Spanish. It works by repeating the rime of each syllable, beginning it with p (pê in Portuguese). Examples:
- você → vo-po-cê-pê
- gato → ga-pa-to-po
- menino → me-pe-ni-pi-no-po
[edit] Vowel-changing dialect
This "dialect" is like the one described above, except that some vowels are changed. When an open syllable (one that ends in a vowel) has [o] or [e] as its vowel, it is changed to [ɔ] and [ɛ], respectively.
- Example:
- [vɔˈpɔsɛˈpɛ korˈportouˈpou ɔˈpɔ seuˈpeu kaˈpabɛˈpɛlɔˈpɔ]
- Você cortou o seu cabelo?
Please note that the syllables beginning with p are stressed, not the original syllables.
[edit] "Pê" dialect
This "dialect" is more like Kongarian (a language game spoken with Hungarian) than the other "dialects" of Língua do Pê. To speak it, the syllable pê is inserted before every syllable.
- Example:
- pêLem pêBra pêCo pêMo pêE pêRa pêLe pêGal?
- Lembra como era legal?
[edit] Dutch
In the Netherlands, the most common version is to instert the syllable "pe" before every sonant.
- Example:
- De boer woont op het platteland.
- Depe bepoer wepoont epop hepet plepattepelepand.
[edit] External links
- "A Língua do Pê." Online: <http://jangadabrasil.com.br/dezembro/ca41200b.htm> October 1, 2005.
- "Introdução à Criptologia." Online: <http://www.numaboa.com.br/criptologia/intro.php> October 1, 2005.
- "Sum: Pig Latins." Online: <http://linguistlist.org/issues/8/8-1079.html> October 1, 2005.
