Sims Language Simlish is Mostly Made Up By Voice Actors, Director Says

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In a recent podcast, fans learnedThe Sims signature language «Simlish» is, for the most part, made up by voice actors. The Sims franchise has been around since 2000 and for the last 22 years has been keeping players entertained around the world using a language that sounds like complete gibberish. After all of these years, it is interesting to get a look at how Simlish came to be.

Simlish has become a staple for fans of The Sims. Many players know the iconic "sul sul" (meaning hello) and "dag dag" (meaning goodbye) expressions, as those remain the same, but other phrases and sayings are typically ever-changing. Other common phrases have been heard throughout gameplay, but there is no official dictionary that mentions what the different sayings or phrases mean. Many musicians have even translated their songs into Simlish for The Sims, including Bebe Rexha, as well as Katy Perry. Even The Black Eyed Peas, who had full cameos in The Urbz: Sims in the City back in 2004, lent their Simlish songs to the franchise.

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Polygon recently reported on a podcast that featured The Sims designer and voiceover Director, Claire Curtin. Curtin talks about how Simlish came to be and the fact that, aside from a few key phrases, everything is complete gibberish. When they first developed the languagethey tried to base it on real languages, but after a while, it felt more fitting to go with the universal language for The Sims, gibberish. Curtin says that they would show them different animations of Sims interacting and from there the voice actors would improvise what they felt the Sim was saying. The most impressive part is that the voice actors would only be shown very rough animations, there were