Secret language

Secret language may refer to:

• Cant, also known as cryptolect, the jargon or argot of a group, often employed to exclude or mislead people outside the group
• Argot, strictly a proper language with its own grammar, used to prevent understanding by outsiders; sometimes argot is used as a synonym of cant or jargon
• Sacred language, also called a ceremonial or a ritual language, which is only learned and used by a select initiated group
• Cryptophasia, "private languages" of young children, especially twins

See also

• Cryptography, the practice and study of hidden information
• Language game, a system of manipulating spoken words to render them incomprehensible to the untrained ear

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