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Recently I was reading [this
post](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/18537/what-
does-%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A3%E3%83%AC%E3%82%AA%E3%83%84-mean) about conversions
like おしゃれ->シャレオツ and I thought: "Wow, that seems very similar to [Pig
Latin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pig_Latin)!" (where e.g. "pig" becomes
"igpay"; the main rule is that leading consonants rotate to the back of the
word and get an extra "ay" appended).

I wouldn't be surprised if this is just a coincidence, but, **is there a
historical connection between these two**? Whether yes or no, I'm looking for
an evidence-based answer.

Side question: does this オツ construct have a "name" that would facilitate
further research? [EDIT: **Thanks** to **user4092** : "it's generally called
逆さ言葉 and slangily 業界用語, and it seems that the linguistic Jargon is
[**倒語**](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%80%92%E8%AA%9E)"]

[Fun side note: when I was trying to find the answer, I found out that there
is something called [babigo (バビ語)](http://mentalfloss.com/article/50242/pig-
latins-11-other-languages)].
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Is there a (historical) connection between this オツ construct and Pig Latin?
The practice of reversing a word's syllables to create a slang term is a
common one across many languages. Compare Pig Latin and these Japanese terms,
as above, or the South American argot called
[Lunfardo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunfardo) -- search the page for the
word _"vesre"_ for a description of how slang terms were derived by reversing
the syllables.

In a nutshell: historical connection?

  * If you mean, _did the existence of Pig Latin as a spoken English code lead to the creation of these Japanese terms,_ probably -- almost certanly -- not.
  * If you mean, _is this a process of term derivation found historically,_ then definitely yes.
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