clanspeak

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

clan +‎ -speak

Noun[edit]

clanspeak (uncountable)

  1. (rare, chiefly fantasy) The language or dialect of a certain clan.
    • 2010, Edward M. Lerner, InterstellarNet: New Order:
      Carl understood clanspeak, of course, but only someone with two independent sets of vocal chords could speak it fluently.
    • 2018, James Wolanyk, Scribes:
      He spoke the grymjek, the clanspeak, better than Anna's own father.
    • National Geographic: The hidden world of whale culture [1]
      CLANSPEAK
      Members of a sperm whale family near the Caribbean island of Dominica are part of a clan that's culturally distinct from others. Each clan communicates in its own dialect of click patterns, like Morse code.
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