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• - A detailed academic description of Verlan by Yvette Ellis, including information on syntax.
  
• - An annotated bibliography of references pertaining to Prokem, a slang spoken in Jakarta, Indonesia.
  
• - A description of a French-based language game with examples.
  
• - Description with examples of a language reversal in Argentinian Spanish.
  
• - Mailing list posting author Trey Jones presents a summary of secret and play languages from many cultures, including Cazarny Talk, the Russian Fufa Language, Arabic language play and Bengali Pig Latins. Extensive bibliography.
  
• - Mailing list thread touches on the noi lai jargon and its significance in Vietnamese society.
  
• - Three examples of Noi Lai phrases with their contexts are given.
  
• - Part of the schedule of lectures and assignments of Linguistics 001. Covers language games, song and verse. Includes a section on Ubbi Dubbi and children's language games in a number of countries.
  
• - A description of the French-based language game, Louchébem (or Loucherbem), with examples.
  
• - A linguistic paper on ludlings.
  
• - A description of a Spanish-based language game used in Argentina, with examples.
  
• - Describes the term language game and gives examples from different languages.
  
• - A bulletin board discussion of ludlings.
  
• - A summary of the French-based Verlan with examples.
  
• - A brief discussion of Verlan.
  
• - A linguistic paper on ludlings, with examples in Baliktád (from Tagalog) and Zuuja-go (from Japanese).
  
• - Mailing list posting talks about early occurrences of Pig Latin and other phonologically manipulated youth languages.
  
• - An encyclopedia article on Cockney Rhyming Slang, with examples.
  
• - Short list of Prokem (Jakartan slang) terms with Indonesian and English glosses.
  
• - Mailing list posting mentions several play languages from different cultures, including Ubby Dubby and one used by natives of central Australia.
  
• - Word game examples of Java programming. Includes Pig Latin and Ubby Dubby.