| ف کی بولی | |
|---|---|
| Spoken in | Pakistan |
| Classification | Fay Kee Bolee |
| Spoken with | Urdu, Pakistani English |
| See also: Language games | |
Fay Kee Bolee (Urdu: ف کی بولی, lit. Fay Language) is a language game used by Urdu-speaking people in Pakistan. It can be regarded as a trivial substitution cipher and it is somethings used by adults to converse in (perceived) privacy in the presence of children. It is close to games found in other languages such as Farfallino alphabet (Italian), jeringonza (Spanish/Portuguese), and Pig Latin (English).[1]
"Fay" (ف), Urdu language Alphabet corresponding to the sound of F in English, can be replaced by most other consonants to form another variety. Pay ki Boli is another more complex variation of the language game.[2]
The game is based on a simple substitution: adding an extra F before each vowel of a syllable. Insert fay in the middle of each syllable (usually before the vowel - spiting the syllable into two) in each word. In some monosyllabic words which would still be so obvious, "yay" (ی), Urdu alphabet for Y, is added at after fay and in reverse before completing the rest of the half.[3][4]
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