Simlish
From Langmaker
| Conlang | Simlish |
| Author | Maxis Games |
| Year Began | 1999 |
| Language Type | fictional language |
| Lexicon Size | 4 |
| Etymologies | No |
| Grammar | No |
| Sample Texts | No |
| Primer | No |
Simlish, a fictional language, was developed by Maxis Games.
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Language sources
Ukrainian, Tagalog and Navajo were studied but were not used.
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Design principles
To convey the emotions of the characters without being repetitive by including a small set of canned phrases of actual words. Only four words actually have any meaning:
- chumcha - pizza
- maishuno - hungry
- nooboo - baby
- dag-dag - goodbye
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Interest of others
Fans of The Sims game series.
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