| I clicked on Vulcan the first time around, reasoning that it's conceptually a language unlike other clues such as Arctic or American. (Real but fictional... like my friends!) And I have probably seen/heard it spoken in limited snippets over the years (casual Trek fan). But if it is a language, it's synthetic, probably extremely limited, and let's face it, a bit of a fantasy. (How big is the dictionary?) No idea how a language is defined, but whoever made up Vulcan and keeps the flame burning, probably topped out at 1,000 words and probably less. Verb conjugation? If somebody went through the efforts to create a few dozen regular verbs and a dozen irregular ones, then I say let them in the real language club (and call a shrink). But just because we've seen references to--and even some words/phrases in--Gnommish in the Artemis Fowl books or the language of Mordor in LOTR, doesn't really make them languages. Does Wookiee count? I've heard Chewbacca groan and Han certainly seemed to understand him.... I might accept Wookiee, if only to keep my arms from being pulled off. |
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