Leland, CG (English spelling) LelandCG

Japanese: Leland,C.G.(英語表記)LelandCG
Leland, CG (English spelling) LelandCG

…It does not have a special writing system, but is not merely a code or a cipher, and is said to have a grammar. It was first collected by linguist Charles Godfrey Leland in 1876 from a wanderer in London. At one time it was thought to be a dialect of the Gypsies, but the theory that it belongs to the Celtic language family became more and more popular, and some have identified it with the language of the Picts, which is said to have an even older origin.

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Japanese:

…特別な表記体系はないが単なる符丁や暗号ではなく,文法をもつという。1876年に言語学者レランドCharles Godfrey Lelandが,ロンドンで漂泊民から採取したのが発端。一時はジプシーの方言と考えられたが,言語学的にはケルト語派に属するという説が有力となり,一部ではさらに古い起源をもつとされるピクト人の言語に比定された。…

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