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Monklish (sometimes spelled Monkelish^[1]) is a writing system in the Bloons franchise that debuted in the Flash version of Bloons Monkey City. It is used most commonly to write hidden messages within Bloons games and promotional material. In Bloons TD 6, it is also a selectable "language" option that displays the game's English text in Monklish characters. Its name is a portmanteau of "monkey" and "English".

Overview

Monklish letters are a cipher of the Latin alphabet as it is used in English, but with no letter casing. Monklish numbers and punctuation are identical to English, except for exclamation and question marks, which have unique symbols. As such, Monklish text is essentially equivalent to English and, capitalization notwithstanding, text in one writing system can be transcribed to the other directly.

Most uses of Monklish in Bloons Monkey City and Bloons TD 6 appear to transcribe "th" digraphs as simply "T", such as "three" being transcribed as "TREE" and "thorns" being transcribed as "TORNS". Some Monklish writing in Bloons TD 6 appears to be misspelled due to certain glyphs being very similar to each other, such as the Monklish characters for "D" and "U" being the inverse of each other. Some Monklish text uses a horizontally inverted version of the "P" glyph, making it look more distinct from the "N" glyph.

As a language option

A language option for Monklish was added to Bloons TD 6 in version 33.0. It uses the same text as the English option, but it is displayed in a font that renders letters and exclamation/question marks in Monklish. Other punctuation marks and numbers are unaltered. Accented letters are rendered as their non-accented equivalents (e.g., Pouākai is rendered as "Pouakai").

List of uses

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Bloons Monkey City (Flash)

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Bloons TD 6

Background elements

Image	Transcription	Notes
Adora's Temple	MAX SDN (horizontal) APEX DARK (vertical)	"MAX SDN" seems to be a misspelling of of "MAX SUN" due to the Monklish glyphs for "U" and "D" being the inverse of each other.
Bazaar	KL TEA CO (tea stall) CLOSED (building)
Midnight Mansion	STOP (upper hallway) NOWAY (stairs) NOMONKE (lower hallway)
Middle of the Road	END START (wooden sign) US (road sign) CHV (pickup truck)
Tinkerton	TO DO (whiteboard front) SOLVE (whiteboard back)
Tricky Tracks	ZOMG (Graffiti on left) ZJ WAS HERE (Graffiti on right) XLGAMER10 (middle track) VILLAINSEVEN (blocked track)	"ZJ WAS HERE" refers to Zee Jay. "XLGAMER10" and "VILLAINSEVEN" refer to the creators of the original track, which was one of the winners of the BTD6 7 Year Anniversary Map Competition.

Icons

Image	Transcription	Notes
Icon of Scoop's Tall Tale	[...]ERE IS [...]MONKEY? (headline) TALE (sticky notes) BE: SCOOP OUR BELOVED HERO IS BUSY [...]OUND THE (text)	The full text of the headline may be "WHERE IS SUPERMONKEY?"
Icon of the Legends menu	PORTALS

Promotional images

Image	Transcription	Notes
Promotional image for the Druid	A GUARDIAN OF TE^[sic] FOREST AND A WARRIOR OF NATURE (first line) ENEMY OF BLOONS (second line) TORNS^[sic] (1) STORM (2) SPIRIT FOREST (polaroid)	The "P" glyph is horizontally inverted.
Promotional image for Captain Churchill	MY TANK IS AMAZING (blue sticky note) KABOOM! (yellow sticky note)
Promotional image for Race Events	EIGHTEEN ONE TREE^[sic] FIVE
Project ADHSV	PROJECT ADHSV	The "P" glyph is horizontally inverted.

Bloons TD Battles 2

Image	Transcription	Notes
Precious Space	A B C D E
COBRA Command

Clan items

Image	Transcription	Notes
Briefing Area (Screen 1)
Briefing Area (Screen 2)
Briefing Area (Screen 3)
Briefing Area (Screen 4)
Briefing Area (Screen 5)
Briefing Area (Screen 6)
Briefing Area (Screen 7)
Briefing Area (Screen 8)
Briefing Area (Screen 9)

Cosmetic items

Image	Transcription	Notes
Ice Cream Monkey (Avatar Icon)	ICE (uniform) [...]LE (sign)	The sign text is partially obscured. The first two characters may be "S" and "A", reading "SALE".
Cyber Quincy Was 'Ere (Avatar Icon)	THE CQ UPGRADE	"CQ" is likely short for "Cyber Quincy".
Badge of Honor (Avatar Icon)	OFFICIAL CLUB MEMBER
3 Darts High and Popping (Avatar Icon)	DE LA BEN (pink text) 3 DART POPS (green text)	A reference to the album cover of 3 Feet High and Rising, which has similar text reading "DE LA SOUL" and "3 FEET HIGH AND RISING". The "P" glyph is horizontally inverted.
Wanted (Avatar Icon)	WANTED FOR HIGHWAY ROBBERY! THE INFAMOUS HIGHWAYMAN JERICHO
Captain Scott (Avatar Icon)	TRIP TO THE POLE
Monster Movie (Avatar Icon)	KING VS SENTAI (logo) WHO WILL WIN (right side)
Juggernaut Blueprint (Avatar Icon)	Left side: RELOAD SPEED PIERCE RANGE HURLS A GIANT SPIKED BALL THAT POPS LEAD AND EXCELS AT CRUSHING CERAMIC BLOONS. Right side: UPGRADE DEVELOPMENT BRANCH SIGNED MONKEY (signature)

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Other

Image	Transcription	Notes
Promotional image for Bloons TD Battles (mobile) v6.19	BAGGAGE CLAIM	—
"Choose a Path" icon in Bloons Card Storm	FAR NAER^[sic]	Presumably a misspelling of "near" and "far".
Reinflated card art in Bloons Card Storm	REINFLATED	—
Quincy Action Figure card art in Bloons Card Storm	SALE!	—
Corvus Academy of Arts card art in Bloons Card Storm	CORVUS	—
Soulstealer Bloon card art in Bloons Card Storm	SOULSTEALER	—
Surf Shack icon in Bloons Pop!	SEA	—
Spooky Cauldron icon in Bloons Pop!	AHU?	—

References

↑ "Bloons TD 6 - Update Notes! Version 33.0". Reddit. Retrieved Fri, 11 Jul 2025.

[1] "Bloons TD 6 - Update Notes! Version 33.0". Reddit. Retrieved Fri, 11 Jul 2025.

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 Monklish letters are a cipher of the [[wp:Latin alphabet|Latin alphabet]] as it is used in English, but with no letter casing. Monklish numbers and punctuation are identical to English, except for exclamation and question marks, which have unique symbols. As such, Monklish text is essentially equivalent to English and, capitalization notwithstanding, text in one writing system can be transcribed to the other directly.
-Most uses of Monklish in ''Bloons Monkey City'' and ''Bloons TD 6'' appear to transcribe "th" digraphs as simply "T", such as "three" being transcribed as "TREE" and "thorns" being transcribed as "TORNS". Some Monklish writing in ''Bloons TD 6'' appears to be misspelled due to certain glyphs being very similar to each other, such as the Monklish characters for "D" and "U" being the inverse of each other. A lot of Monklish in ''[[Bloons TD Battles 2]]'' uses a horizontally mirrored version of the "P" glyph, making it resemble the "N" glyph.
+Most uses of Monklish in ''Bloons Monkey City'' and ''Bloons TD 6'' appear to transcribe "th" digraphs as simply "T", such as "three" being transcribed as "TREE" and "thorns" being transcribed as "TORNS". Some Monklish writing in ''Bloons TD 6'' appears to be misspelled due to certain glyphs being very similar to each other, such as the Monklish characters for "D" and "U" being the inverse of each other. Some Monklish text uses a horizontally inverted version of the "P" glyph, making it look more distinct from the "N" glyph.
 ==As a language option==
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 |[[file:BTD6 druid teaser.jpg|150px|Promotional image for the Druid]]<br>Promotional image for the [[Druid (BTD6)|Druid]]
 |A GUARDIAN OF TE{{sic}} FOREST AND A WARRIOR OF NATURE (first line)<br>ENEMY OF BLOONS (second line)<br>TORNS{{sic}} (1)<br>STORM (2)<br>SPIRIT FOREST (polaroid)
-|
+|The "P" glyph is horizontally inverted.
 |-
 |[[File:BTD6 churchill teaser.jpg|150px|Promotional image for Captain Churchill]]<br>Promotional image for [[Captain Churchill (BTD6)|Captain Churchill]]
 |MY TANK IS AMAZING (blue sticky note)<br>KABOOM! (yellow sticky note)
+|
 |-
 |[[file:BTD6 race teaser.jpg|150px|Promotional image for Race Events]]<br>Promotional image for [[Race Event]]s
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 |[[File:BTD6 project ADHSV teaser.jpg|150px|Promotional image for Project ADHSV]]<br>Project ADHSV
 |PROJECT ADHSV
-|
+|The "P" glyph is horizontally inverted.
 |}
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 |[[File:BTDB2 cyber quincy was ere large.png|150px|Cyber Quincy Was 'Ere avatar]]<br>Cyber Quincy Was 'Ere (Avatar Icon)
 |THE CQ UPGRADE
-|The "P" glyph is horizontally mirrored. "CQ" is likely short for "[[Cyber Quincy]]".
+|"CQ" is likely short for "[[Cyber Quincy]]".
 |-
 |[[file:BTDB2 club icon avatar large.png|150px|Badge of Honor avatar]]<br>Badge of Honor (Avatar Icon)
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 |[[File:BTDB2 djbenjamin albumcover large.png|150px|3 Darts High and Popping avatar]]<br>3 Darts High and Popping (Avatar Icon)
 |DE LA BEN (pink text)<br>3 DART POPS (green text)
-|A reference to the album cover of ''[[wp:3 Feet High and Rising|3 Feet High and Rising]]'', which has similar text reading "DE LA SOUL" and "3 FEET HIGH AND RISING".
+|A reference to the album cover of ''[[wp:3 Feet High and Rising|3 Feet High and Rising]]'', which has similar text reading "DE LA SOUL" and "3 FEET HIGH AND RISING". The "P" glyph is horizontally inverted.
 |-
 |[[File:BTDB2 highwayman wanted large.png|150px|Wanted avatar]]<br>Wanted (Avatar Icon)
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 |[[File:BTDB2 ice monkey captainscott large.png|150px|Captain Scott avatar]]<br>Captain Scott (Avatar Icon)
 |TRIP TO THE POLE
-|The "P" glyphs are horizontally mirrored.
+|
 |-
 |[[File:BTDB2 kingvssentai large.png|150px|Monster Movie avatar]]<br>Monster Movie (Avatar Icon)
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 Right side:<br>UPGRADE<br>DEVELOPMENT BRANCH<br>SIGNED<br>MONKEY (signature)
-|The "P" glyphs are horizontally mirrored.
+|
 |}

Monklish: Difference between revisions

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Contents

Overview

As a language option