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All the Best Alien Languages in One Place

If you're fascinated by alien languages and futuristic human slang, you're in luck. Eastern Michigan University, with the help of linguistics-loving scifi author Suzette Haden Elgin, has put together an exhaustive list of scifi novels that feature every flavor of strange, imaginary language. A couple of weeks ago we posted a beautiful diagram showing the lineage of most Western languages, and now with this list you can move forward into the possible future of those languages. More »