Simlish

Simlish is a constructed language devised by game designer Will Wright for the Sims game series developed by Electronic Arts. During the development of SimCopter (1996), Wright sought to avoid real-world languages, believing that players would grow to show disdain for repetitive dialogue. For the release of The Sims, Maxis recorded hundreds of voice clips with unique cadences and emotional nuance.

Key facts

Language.name: Simlish
Language.creator: Will Wright
Language.created: 1996
Language.setting: The world of The Sims franchise
Language.fam1: constructed languages
Language.fam2: artistic languages
Language.fam3: fictional languages
Language.iso3: none
Language.map: File:Simlish.svg
Language.mapcaption: Simlish written in Simlish
Language.notice: IPA

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Commons category: Simlish
hashtag: Simlish

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History
Development
Phonology
Consonants
Vowels
Phonotactics
Grammar
Pronouns
Possessive determiners
Verbs
Vocabulary
Phrases and words
Greetings
Writing system
In other media
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Simlish is featured prominently within the franchise of The Sims and its spinoff MySims series. It has since extended to various video games within the Sim series, including SimCity 4 (2003), SimCity Societies (2007), SimCity (2013), and SimCity BuildIt (2014) of the SimCity series of games. Simlish appears as a language within Spore (2008) and Firaxis Games's ''Sid Meier's SimGolf (2004).