役割語

Japanese

Kanji in this term
役	割	語
やく Grade: 3	わ(り) Grade: 6	ご Grade: 2
kun’yomi		on’yomi

Etymology

From 役割(やくわり) (yakuwari) + 語(ご) (go). Coined by Satoshi Kinsui.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ja̠kɯ̟ᵝɰᵝa̠ɾʲiɡo̞]

Noun

役(やく)割(わり)語(ご) • (yakuwarigo) 

1. (linguistics) "role language": unique language usage serving as a marker of social identity in fictional speech