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No. It's made up for the Harry Potter books. In real life, snakes don't speak, even to each other. For one thing, their tongues are for smelling, not speaking (that's why they flick them in and out; they're sniffing). For another, snakes can't hear sounds in the air; the bones that allow us to hear speech by vibrating (they're called the malleus, incus and stapes or hammer, anvil and stirrup) are in the jaws of snakes, so they can hear footsteps by holding their heads against the ground (which is pretty easy for a snake to do).

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What is Parseltongue in Harry Potter?

The language of snakes.


What did Harry Potter say to open the Chamber of Secrets?

Harry Potter simply said open, but he did so in Parseltongue which is the language of snakes.


Can people learn Parseltongue in the real world?

No, Parseltongue is a fictional language. Given that we have not succeeded in talking with any animal other than a few commands, and the brain of a reptile is very small, it isn't likely that any communications is going to be possible. For the movies, an actual language of hissing and snake sounds were developed in Cambridge University. So you could try to write to them and see if there is someone you could talk to. But, the language cannot actually communicate with snakes.


How do you say hi in parseltongue?

Well, darling, to say "hi" in Parseltongue, you just hiss like a snake and hope for the best. It's not like you'll be having a casual chat with a snake anytime soon, but hey, it never hurts to be prepared for that unlikely scenario. Just remember, snakes don't really care about pleasantries, so keep it short and sweet.


Does parsel language exist?

If you are referring to parseltongue, no. It is a fictional language from the Harry Potter series. There is software called Parsel Language Tracker that tracks the language of people visiting certain web sites.


How many languages are spokin through the Harry Potter series?

English, Parseltongue (fictional language), French (very little)


What languages does Harry Potter know how to speak?

Harry can speak Parseltongue, which is snake language. He could do this because part of Lord Voldemort's soul was inside him. Once that piece of soul was destroyed Harry couldn't speak or understand Parseltonuge. It is unknown if he ever learned a foreign language.


Who invented Parseltongue?

J.K. Rowling.


How can Ron Weasley speak parseltongue?

The full language hasn't actually been "released" or made available to the public; we see a small amount of the language, with simple words such as "open", spoken in the books and movies. This is as far as we can go with knowing the official language. Other than that all we know is that the language is made of a variety of hisses, however if you want to be able to speak it correctly there is no such way to find out what to say at the present time.


What is open and close in parseltongue?

The words open and close can't be translated in parseltongue with words. The snake makes a particular noise to talk.


Can Dumbledure Speak Parseltongue?

Yes. Though he never spoke it in the books, J.K. Rowling has stated that Dumbledore can speak several languages, including Parseltongue.


Was Hermione Granger or Ginny Weasley taken into the Chamber of Secrets?

No. She can't speak Parseltongue, the snake language needed to open the chamber. Ginny Weasley opened it. Ginny could speak Parseltongue because Voldemort was possessing her through the Diary and speaking Parseltongue in her mind.