Pig Latin Translator

A free Pig Latin translator that turns English into Pig Latin as you type. "Pig Latin translator" comes out as "Igpay Atinlay anslatortray." Copy the result into a message, a puzzle, or a classroom handout.

How to Use the Pig Latin Translator

Type or paste English into the box and the Pig Latin version appears below, word by word. Copy it with the button. It works on whole sentences and paragraphs, not just single words.

The Rules This Translator Uses

Pig Latin is an English word game, not a real language, and it has no official rulebook. This translator uses the most common rules:

• Words that start with a consonant: move the first consonant, or the whole cluster of consonants before the first vowel, to the end and add "ay." hello becomes ellohay, and string becomes ingstray.
• "Qu" stays together: the u in "qu" moves with the q, so queen becomes eenquay and square becomes aresquay.
• Words that start with a vowel: keep the word as it is and add "way." apple becomes appleway.
• The letter y: at the start of a word it acts as a consonant, so yellow becomes ellowyay. Anywhere else it counts as a vowel, so rhythm becomes ythmrhay and my becomes ymay.

Other Versions You May Have Learned

The vowel rule is where versions differ most. Some people add "yay" (appleyay) and some add just "ay" (appleay). None is more correct than the others; it depends on who taught you. If your group uses a different ending, the consonant rules still match, and you only need to adjust words that start with a vowel.

Reading Pig Latin Back

Decoding is harder than encoding, because the original split is lost. Itway could be "it" with "way" added or "wit" with the w moved. Readers usually work it out from context, which is part of the fun.

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