clanspeak

clanspeak

English

Etymology

clan +‎ -speak

Noun

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

     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.