UPDATES: So there have actually been two updates to Secret Handshake since this video; this is the only alteration of existing content from what you see in this video, though. After talking with many people we decided that a negation particle conducted with the swipe of the hand across a surface, written as "#" (with no number attached to it), would make for the most efficient learning process. So, with the limited amount of possible words available, I decided to turn these newly-available patterns into genitive/dative pronouns. Other than that, everything in this showcase is accurate. (I might pin an explanation of this in the comments for those who are interested) Also, some entirely new content introduced is the "knock", written as "/0," which alters proximity and emphasis. You can see those on the document, too. It doesn't outdate any of the content in this video, though. When I have some time, I'll be making some "Secret Handshake 101" shorts that will explain everything piece by piece. For now, the Spreadsheet on nguh.org does a pretty good job explaining it.
@ConnorQuimby2 жыл бұрын
you’re going to have your linguistics licence revoked for “fingeme”
@kidyomu892 жыл бұрын
ʩeme
@wigwagstudios2474 Жыл бұрын
wave your fingersfhl;'kh; 'fghput ]jgh ":P{JtyurP{ :RTJHuk
@the_linguist_ll2 жыл бұрын
I'd like to point out that Amazon listings for conlang related stuff is filled with those stupid "conlang journals" which are literally just blank notebooks with conlang slapped on the cover in an attempt to sell conlangers regular notebooks at a marked up price. Most are autogenerated by those t-shirt companies.
@the_linguist_ll2 жыл бұрын
Though the auto-generated robot title of "Don't waste your time on therapy, waste it on conlang" got a laugh out of me
@AgmaSchwa2 жыл бұрын
👀👀👀👀 thats wild
@mimikal75482 жыл бұрын
For such practical minilangs I think having a universal negation particle is important instead of having negative versions.
@lilyofluck3712 жыл бұрын
I agree. I feel no/yes are more important imo
@TheoEvian Жыл бұрын
I personally would use reduplication for plural and the plural word for negative, it could work pretty well as a completely analytic language, imho.
@AgmaSchwa8 ай бұрын
It has been done, lol
@mbg87332 жыл бұрын
You invented a tactile sign conlang. Now deafblind people can enjoy ŋə. Also, because of the variety of letters, with about the same fingemes, you could make a relex of toki pona.
@AgmaSchwa2 жыл бұрын
someone's actually already started making a toki pona - secret handshake relex! I'll show it off if they ever finish it.
@killianobrien2007 Жыл бұрын
@@AgmaSchwa mi toki pona la mi sona ala e ni
@Mrmoocows992 жыл бұрын
I have never heard of conlangs, but have tried learning multiple languages, and am currently learning my second, and this is honestly so easy to learn, that in less than 10 minutes in I was forming my own sentences that were grammatically correct. With in like 4 or 5 watches over a week or so I am sure I could have this down, and properly start to articulate feelings and shit. This is fantastic, well done on how easy this is to digest.
@Dolph1nVR Жыл бұрын
A conlang is a constructed language
@evfnyemisx21212 жыл бұрын
That sounds like a really interesting on a variation of a non-verbal language, I might try something similar as well Ok here comes semi-verbal language made only with click sounds
@sal66952 жыл бұрын
Hey i know you!
@novaace24742 жыл бұрын
I use a method of clicks to talk with my dogs, and I’ve been thinking of turning it into a full company for a while
@brongulus26172 жыл бұрын
In principle this is a fantastic idea - and I say this as a slightly envious former conlanger - with the potential to be actually adoptable by interested nerds, at least at first, and later who knows. That said, looking at the lexicon, I'm not certain that this is quite ready for prime time... but it's a strong Version 1.0 of a good idea and I hope you continue to improve it.
@AgmaSchwa2 жыл бұрын
Thanks! I agree; I've never made a language with such a limited range of vocabulary, so I'm open to change it and optimize it as time goes on. It is primarily for side conversations and supplemental communication, so thats why the vocab looks the way it does as of right now.
@TheTwel2 жыл бұрын
Not sure if anyone has said this yet but there is a form of sign language used for deaf/blind people that is done in a similar fashion. It uses asl signs but they are done in a persons hand much the same way you're describing. Not sure if it would be fair to compare though as what you're describing involves new patterns and the existing tactile sign language I'm describing uses existing asl signs. Thought you might find it interesting at the very least.
@kidyomu892 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much ŋə, now i can conspire publicly with my evil friends
@CountObvious Жыл бұрын
Solresol has a tactile version where you tap someone's hands in 7 specific places. The inventor used it to impress people with his ability to communicate "telepathically" to his assistant just by holding their hand
@mmcworldbuilding59942 жыл бұрын
/1 //12 /345/1 this is one of the best videos ive watched its so good I love the language, and i love the example text at the end so creative and brilliant (and for some reason your nguhy music always gets stuck in my head too LMAO)
@gaxamillion_2 жыл бұрын
He’s managed to outdo Gumsmaq. we should all be scared
This month I made a sign language alphabet which you can use with your hands and arms. The vowels you make only with your hands. Today I also created a alphabet based on featured alphabet and IPA. So for example, you have a plosive, that becomes a circle, a bilabial becomes a little v-shape. So a P is then a O with a v under it. Because a B is also a bilab. plos., the B gets an extra dot , so ʘ̬
@WarrenPostma2 жыл бұрын
IPA beer?
@Garomation2 жыл бұрын
Please do more videos teaching this language, How do you distinguish between "boredom" //345/5 and "they go left" /345 /345/5.
@AgmaSchwa2 жыл бұрын
I plan on it! Also I'm making a course on Memrise for it right now. and in your example, //345/5 is two eight notes and a quarter note, while /345 /345/5 is three quarter notes.
@nameless4637 Жыл бұрын
Very creative, not meny people make a sign conlang
@haydend.maniac2272 жыл бұрын
I feel disturbed for horrors await *looks over that the giant future insects
@babelingua2 жыл бұрын
I'm super excited for this!
@pianogang22732 жыл бұрын
👍✊🙌🤙🤞🖖☝️
@benst62462 жыл бұрын
How would you explain the grammar of The Secret Handshake in the Secret Handshake?
@masicbemester2 жыл бұрын
Secret handshake language? Sounds promising.
@Pagan_0210 Жыл бұрын
I was recently thinking about a conlang for a sci-fi post-post-apocalyptic setting where people used to use some sort of speech synthesizers with buttons and were so used to them that after the technology was gone they kept muscle memory for pressing the buttons on the synthesizers and started using those finger movements for communication, which became a universal form of communication in the new world that was passed down over generations. Not something I think I could actually ever make but I think it's funny I accidentally found this video like 2 days after coming up with that concept
@little-wytch Жыл бұрын
I had to bookmark this to really study later because I'm only about 3 mins in and already my mind is blown lol. but it's 0430 and I need to crash hard lol. I agree with another comment though, having a negation particle would probably be a lot easier and free up a number of those 242 possible words to be other words. In fact, you could maybe set aside a set of double taps to be used just for various particles which could allow the language to be a bit more complex. Not only that, but this sort of language could be very useful for people with various disabilities too. A blind person could learn the tactile side of it, and a deaf person could learn both the tactile and visual side of it as a replacement or supplement to sign language, especially if they for whatever reason have only one useable hand. The hardest part for me tho will be that I don't have great fine motor skills and I'm not a musician, I've got almost no sense of rhythm lol.
@AgmaSchwa Жыл бұрын
Glad you like it and see its potential uses! I actually have added several elements to it since this video, including the "swipe" as a negation particle, written just as an individual slash "/". Also there are now "knocks" written as /0, //0, /0/0 which are grammatical particles that operates as "this" "that," etc. You can read the full documentation on nguh.org/languages/secret-handshake, and I'm probably going to start a series of KZbin Shorts called "Secret Handshake 101" soon!
@little-wytch Жыл бұрын
@@AgmaSchwa *head desks* why shorts? those are an abomination and their continued existence makes me hate YT a little more each day, especially since they are almost always in those vomit-inducing vertical formats. YT needs to stop trying to be crap-tok lol. PLEASE, for the love of Cthulu, not shorts lol.
@livedandletdie Жыл бұрын
I must say, it's a very inventive and interesting language. And /2 /4 //1/2
@salumtheconlang29532 жыл бұрын
Now we can Shakespear on our own hands
@michaeldaconceicao1041 Жыл бұрын
Really neat . Awesome job !!!
@ZetaPrime772 жыл бұрын
This kinda reminds me of Chirolinguistics from the IDW Transformers comics
@Amoritaz Жыл бұрын
Any thoughts about how this would perfect for being “spoken” with pentatonic music?
@AgmaSchwa Жыл бұрын
this is a fascinating concept, it would probably be pretty cool, just a bunch of tones and chords with simple rhythyms
@carb_87812 жыл бұрын
this is so cool and ingenious!
@LiamLimeLarm Жыл бұрын
is anyone gonna talk about the lapis lazuli body pillow or...
@aliceh5289 Жыл бұрын
I swear I've seen something like this years ago in a Ted talk or something
@sevenrps Жыл бұрын
I'm pretty sure that solresol can function similair to this
@vomitingcat Жыл бұрын
tf2 taunt conlang
@janmusi2 ай бұрын
note: //24/5 is both "agree" and "cold"
@janmusi2 ай бұрын
im going to adapt this to toki pona
@alexfischer92132 жыл бұрын
How do you play a 2 5 1 with your 1/2/3/4/&5 in the 1st person?
@moonythespoonie9551 Жыл бұрын
6:57 - could you clear up that ambiguity by using, say, a full-hand tap or squeeze as a placeholder?
@AgmaSchwa Жыл бұрын
Yeah, whatever is most convenient to discern a "space!" Also, I've been experimenting with the "knock", I was thinking of making some shorts explaining some new elements of Secret Handshake. In the meantime I've got the rules written out on nguh.org on the SH page.
@sethcarractuallygoesbylewisnow2 жыл бұрын
fiŋemes
@LinguaPhiliax Жыл бұрын
I have just one complaint: ^ahem^ " *_dactyleme_* "
@AgmaSchwa Жыл бұрын
and its counterpart, the mighty Allodactyl
@LinguaPhiliax Жыл бұрын
@@AgmaSchwa A combination of fingers in variation with a different underlying combination? Or a metathesising of the tapping order?
@janhokas8482 Жыл бұрын
Is it available for feet?
@drivinmecoco12 жыл бұрын
curious if it's actually easy to understand if smn was taping it on u. have u tried?🤔
@mmtophat.9 ай бұрын
/24/2 👍
@GG69BLIN2 жыл бұрын
❤️❤️❤️
@aimfulRenegade Жыл бұрын
where is the lexicon?
@gronkmanyee3 ай бұрын
Piano regional dialect?
@WilliametcCook Жыл бұрын
_dacteme._
@robdoghd2 жыл бұрын
😭❤️ fingemes
@kidyomu892 жыл бұрын
IN WHAT LANGUAGE DOES FINGEMES MEAN PRETEND KZbin please tell me
@robdoghd2 жыл бұрын
@@kidyomu89 "fingeme" /'fiŋ,xe.me/ means kinda like "pretend to me" in spanish 🤔🤔
@andrewpinedo18838 ай бұрын
Why are all of the entries for anti-pronouns in the Google Sheets dictionary not correct? According to that dictionary, /1/1 is 'mine', /12/12 is 'ours'. Why is this?
@AgmaSchwa8 ай бұрын
So there have actually been two updates to Secret Handshake since this video; this is the only alteration of existing content from what you see in this video, though. After talking with many people we decided that a negation particle conducted with the swipe of the hand across a surface, written as "#" (with no number attached to it), would make for the most efficient learning process. So, with the limited amount of possible words available, I decided to turn these newly-available patterns into genitive/dative pronouns. Other than that, everything in this showcase is accurate. (I might pin an explanation of this in the comments for those who are interested) Also, some entirely new content introduced is the "knock", written as "/0," which alters proximity and emphasis. You can see those on the document, too. It doesn't outdate any of the content in this video, though.
@andrewpinedo18838 ай бұрын
@@AgmaSchwa Okay, that clears things up.
@sby601182 жыл бұрын
19:47
@livedandletdie Жыл бұрын
A language without the word no... Alexa play Careless Whispers by George Michael.
@AgmaSchwa Жыл бұрын
by popular demand I have added a colloquial hand swipe denoted by / that can operate as a “no” independent from the 3-position structure. But in normal SH speech, this is true🙌🙌🙌
@sebbog Жыл бұрын
sign languages exist
@janmusi2 ай бұрын
helen keller language
@cameios Жыл бұрын
kid named finger…
@ianwirtanen74772 жыл бұрын
Helen Keller
@watching76502 жыл бұрын
It's already got invented tens of thousands years ago and constantly gets reinvented as need arises. Only, all thses sign systems are of course not identical to yours. Also, they are not classified as conlangs but sign languages.