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The linguistic relevance of Spanish word games (jerigonzas)

In a previous post I wrote about Spanish language games, or jerigonzas: these are like Pig Latin for Spanish. In this post ‘d like to revisit the subject to explain why linguists care about Spanish jerigonzas and language games in general.

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Spanish “Pig Latin”

In an entertaining post, Tracy López describes “Idioma F”, a Spanish version of Pig Latin. The post even includes a rapper singing in “F”. This is just one of several popular jerigonzas, or language games, in the Spanish-speaking world.

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