Boonville and the secret language of Boontling | Bartell's Backroads

While not many people know the language anymore, the secret language of Boontling is unique to the town of Boonville.
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[@bold810]

I know the Smoot family. Yorkville-Cloverdale, baby.

[@jamielamie2229]

i saw a segment about them on "Thats Incredible ". there were a lot more of them back then that could speak it 😢

[@coltonvank8768]

They should continue teaching it in school

[@bold810]

Yep. The Pomo language is dying here, too.

[@briantravelman]

Eh.......that's not a language, that's local vernacular like Ebonics or Jamaican Patois. It's still English, but with some regional slang words thrown in.

[@szashcraft]

I understood him perfectly

[@TingTingalingy]

No you didn't 😆

[@Nightsjourney2dreams]

​@TingTingalingy jargon are not hard to understand

[@mikeroche8544]

yebba debba doo

[@lynwood77]

Boontling is an argot, not a language. It's basically Boontville's own local English slang.
You're supposed to be a reporter. Why is your research so shoddy, inaccurate, and poorly written?

[@stover14]

That's all par for the course for journalists

[@ohsugar5431]

Nice town, but the crime rates are high.

[@TingTingalingy]

Sounds like typical Gypsy antics

[@jesuschavez1774]

I live here crime rate isn't High it's low

[@szashcraft]

I understood him perfectly