鴃げき舌ぜつ

noun

barbarian jabbering; incomprehensible foreign speech

Archaic literary term for the speech of foreigners or barbarians, likened to the shrike's cry. Used in classical Chinese-influenced contexts.

• 古こ典てんでは、異い民みん族ぞくの言こと葉ばを「鴃げき舌ぜつ」と表ひょう現げんすることがある。

  In classical texts, the speech of foreign peoples is sometimes described as 鴃舌.