English to Slugspeak (Translator by Popsicle; language by Silver)

Slugspeak is a made-up language made to imagine how the slugcats of Rain World would speak if they had a proper native language. The language is derived from Slugsign, a slugcat sign language made by Bitsbug on Tumblr. It was then adapted into a proper spoken language by Silver (Mr. Gourmand) of the Rain World: Animated Discord server. Since then, the language has been growing and growing. Our goal is to allow this small conlang to develop and become a real, fully-usable language!

**Due to some issues with synonyms, reverse translation may not always be fully accurate.

IMPORTANT: When translating English to Slugspeak, do not use articles (a/an/the) in sentences! Slugspeak does NOT use articles, so attempting to translate them will cause confusion! For example, if you want to say “I am a slugcat,” you will have to write it as “I am slugcat.” Sorry for any potential inconvenience caused by this!

Note: I would not recommend using the “Create random sentence” button, as that will use words which slugcats would not realistically use (cabinet, for example) and would thus not have a translation for. Although, if you do use that and come across a more common word that doesn’t translate, please do leave a suggestion!

And yes, I do read and consider all of your suggestions, so please stop spamming the suggestion box with “teach us Slugspeak swears,” S0LAR. The F-word is howfa, and you can find the slur against purposed organisms by simply typing “slur” into the translator. Happy?

Major updates: [8/20/24 - Translator released] [8/20/24 - Plurals added for most nouns] [8/21/24 - Fixed that pesky capitalization issue] [8/21/24 - added colors, numbers, and plenty more words] [9/11/24 - added ~50 new words, changed some words] [9/29/24 - added numbers 6-19, several new words, and more Iterator names] [2/27/25 - added names for uniquely-named lizards, and more colors]

{{2/22/25 Note: Big plans! We will soon be beginning the transition from “Proto Slugspeak” (what this is) to what we will be calling Old Slugspeak, the (ironically) newest iteration of the language. Stay tuned for new words, accents and more!}}

{{5/3/25 Note: Yes, this is still happening. Yes, it’s taking a while. Don’t worry. We’re making it happen.}}

~ Credits ~

Rain World by Videocult

Slugsign by Bitsbug (Tumblr)

Slugspeak by Mr. Gourmand & Popsicle (Discord)

Slugspeak translator by Popsicle (Discord)

Big thanks to Pid (Discord) for creating Rain World: Animated and allowing this to happen!

Last updated: 6/21/25