Any of several languages used for purposes of secrecy by various groups Originally, the cant of the hoed assassins of the first War of Assassins Although the term chakobsa is encountered many times m the various records of the Rakis Hoard, it may have different specific meanings depending on the time, fee situation, and the speakers The earliest references yet uncovered make it appear that chakobsa was a common noun in the partially reconstructed language Bhotani, having the meaning "jargon" or 'shop-talk" Thus there presumably may have been a falconers' chakobsa, and a carpenters' chakobsa, and so on The particular chakobsa that survived its parent language, however, was that of the Assassins, who used it much Idee a thieves' cant Its usefulness for secret communications as well as its large vocabulary of the many specialized devices and techniques of the assassins caused it to endure when its parent language was no longer spoken as a native tongue The word therefore changed in meaning, undergoing specialization from "jargon" to "Assassins' jargon", with the passage of tune, it underwent a second change (s& Bhotani became obsolete