Cryptophasia

This is part three of a series on twins written by Herald intern Miranda Madden.

When twins grow up, they usually grow up within the same proximity. They spend most, if not all, of their time together, and they learn and grow as a pair.

As a result, with absorbing all this new information together, they begin to communicate with each other in a language that is unknown to surrounding people.

Cryptophasia is a phenomenon in which a language is created by twins and understood only by them. This phenomenon is also known as “twin speak” or “twin language.” The language usually sounds like mumbling...