<p><strong>La sociolekta triopo</strong></p>

<p>Manuel Halvelik created three sociolects for Esperanto, <a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arcaicam_Esperantom" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Arcaicam Esperantom</a> (1969), an archaic pre-form of Esperanto, <a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popido" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Popido</a> (1973), a constructed dialect of Esperanto, and <a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gavaro" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Gavaro</a> (2006), an argot of Esperanto. <em>Arcaicam Esperantom</em> and <em>Popido</em> are used in the Esperanto literature, but I don't know a work using <em>Gavaro</em> (what is not surprising, looking at the publication date of Gavaro).</p>

<p>An interesting feature of Gavaro are the numerals, they are taken from Volapük and are obscure to Esperanto speakers: <em>1 bwal, 2 twel, 3 kwil, 4 fwol, 5 lwel, 6 mwel, 7 vwel, 8 zwul, 9 ĵwel, 10 dweg, 100 twum, 1000 mlat</em>. </p>

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Sir Cornflakes
<p>Esperanto has a literature (both original and translated) including criminal stories. Criminals are often portrayed as speaking some slang, so my question is:</p>

<p>How does criminal slang looks like in Esperanto?</p>

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Slang in Esperanto
# Slang in Esperanto

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-07-30)

Esperanto has a literature (both original and translated) including criminal stories. Criminals are often portrayed as speaking some slang, so my question is:

How does criminal slang looks like in Esperanto?

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> **username_1**: You might get more replies posting this on the Esperanto stackexchange.  
> **username_0**: Related question on [esperanto.se]: https://esperanto.stackexchange.com/questions/339/do-dialectical-variations-exist-in-esperanto  

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### Answer by username_0 on 2018-08-01. Score: 2 | Accepted answer

**La sociolekta triopo**

Manuel Halvelik created three sociolects for Esperanto, [Arcaicam Esperantom](https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arcaicam_Esperantom) (1969), an archaic pre-form of Esperanto, [Popido](https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popido) (1973), a constructed dialect of Esperanto, and [Gavaro](https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gavaro) (2006), an argot of Esperanto. *Arcaicam Esperantom* and *Popido* are used in the Esperanto literature, but I don't know a work using *Gavaro* (what is not surprising, looking at the publication date of Gavaro).

An interesting feature of Gavaro are the numerals, they are taken from Volapük and are obscure to Esperanto speakers: *1 bwal, 2 twel, 3 kwil, 4 fwol, 5 lwel, 6 mwel, 7 vwel, 8 zwul, 9 ĵwel, 10 dweg, 100 twum, 1000 mlat*.


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