Part of
Metroethnicity, Naming and Mocknolect: New horizons in Japanese sociolinguisticsJohn C. Maher
[IMPACT: Studies in Language, Culture and Society 49] 2021
► pp. 125–138
John C. Maher
[IMPACT: Studies in Language, Culture and Society 49] 2021
► pp. 125–138
Chapter 9The Sanka and Sanshōkotoba
Lost argot of mountain itinerants
Article outline
- Argot and anti-language
- Sanka: An extinct language community
- Ethnonym: From India to Oita
- Origins
- Lifestyle
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Sanshokotoba
: The Sanka language
- Sanshokotoba (Secret language)
- Secret language: Sanshokotoba and shirube
- Speech taboo and prohibitions
- Postscript on ‘Orphan Languages’ of 20th Century Asia
