Macaronic refers to text spoken or written using a mixture of languages. It's occasionally used of hybrid words, which are in effect internally macaronic. A word that has one part derived from one language and another part derived from a different language is etymologically called hybrid. ...

One particular form is Macaronic Latin, a term for various sorts of adulterated Latin. The phrase is used for a jumbled jargon made up of vernacular words given Latin endings, or for Latin words mixed with the vernacular in a pastiche (compare dog Latin). The writing of humorous texts for satirical purposes in Macaronic Latin became a fad in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, particularly in Italian. Latin is the language originally spoken in the region around Rome called Latium. ... A jargon is a type of slang which is used in conjunction with a specific activity, e. ... The word pastiche describes a literary or other artistic genre. ... The phrase Dog Latin refers to the creation of a phrase or jargon in imitation of Latin, often by directly translating English words into Latin without conjugation or declension. ... Humour (Commonwealth English) or humor (American English) is the ability or quality of people, objects or situations to evoke feelings of amusement in other people. ... Satire is a literary technique of writing or art which exposes the follies of its subject (for example, individuals, organizations, or states) to ridicule, often as an intended means of provoking or preventing change. ... (15th century - 16th century - 17th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 16th century was that century which lasted from 1501 to 1600. ... (16th century - 17th century - 18th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 17th century was that century which lasted from 1601-1700. ...

Macaronic text remains an interest of modern Italian authors. For instance, macaronic language appears in the works of Carlo Emilio Gadda; Umberto Eco (Salvatore in The Name of the Rose, and the peasant hero of Baudolino); and Dario Fo (whose Mistero Buffo - "Comic Mystery Play" - features grammelot sketches using language with macaronic elements). Carlo Emilio Gadda (1893-1973) is an Italian writer of the 20th century. ... Photo of Umberto Eco by Robert Birnbaum Umberto Eco (born January 5, 1932) is an Italian novelist and philosopher, best known for his novels and essays. ... The Name of the Rose, a 1980 novel by Umberto Eco, is a murder mystery set in an Italian monastery in the year 1327 during the papacy of Pope John XXII. The book was also made into a film in 1986, directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud and starring Sean Connery... Baudolino is a 2000 novel by Umberto Eco about a young mans adventures, named Baudolino, in the known Christian world of the 12th century. ... Dario Fo Dario Fo (born March 24, 1926), is an Italian satirist playwright, theater director and composer. ... Grammelot is a term for a style of language in satirical theatre, a gibberish with macaronic and onomatopoeic elements, used in association with mime and mimicry. ...

Today, Europanto is a macaronic pidgin of several European languages, sometimes heard in EU headquarters, Brussels. Europanto is a constructed language, a linguistic jest with a hodge-podge vocabulary from many European languages. ... A Pidgin, or contact language, is the name given to any language created, usually spontaneously, out of a mixture of other languages as a means of communication between speakers of different tongues. ...

Macaronic verse similarly refers to poetry written in more than one language, most frequently a mixture of the local vernacular and Latin. It was especially popular with non-liturgical carols of the middle ages. An example is the first stanza of the famous carol In Dulci Jubilo: sheshoKKKK Categories: Sociolinguistics | Language varieties and styles ... Latin is the language originally spoken in the region around Rome called Latium. ... A carol is a festive song, generally religious but not necessarily connected with church worship, and often with a dance-like or popular character. ... The Middle Ages formed the middle period in a traditional schematic division of European history into three ages: the classical civilization of Antiquity, the Middle Ages, and modern times, beginning with the Renaissance. ...

The Roman text is in German; the italicised in Latin (in this example, there is a hint of a third language, in the Greek letters mentioned in the last line). Latin is the language originally spoken in the region around Rome called Latium. ...

See also

• Dog Latin
• Code switching