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Láadan

Láadan (.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}Láadan pronunciation: ⓘ) is a gynocentric constructed language created by Suzette Haden Elgin in 1982 to test the Sapir–Whorf hypothesis, specifically…

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Created by
Suzette Haden Elgin and collaborators
Date
1982
Glottolog
laad1235
ISO 639-3
ldn
Purpose
artistic and philosophical languagefictional languageLáadan · fictional languageLáadan · Láadan
Setting and usage
experiment in feminist linguistics, and featured in Elgin's novel series beginning with Native Tongue

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Láadan

Nodes69
Edges68
Triples85
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.028986
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Láadan

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related to External links · 16
Láadan → Amberwind, Barnhart, Lesson One, Láadan Made Easier, Láadan SamplerElgin’s, Láadan Working GroupHow, LáadanConlang Critic, More Láadan MythLáadan, Myths About LáadanJust One, Official, PDF, Some Láadan, The, This, URL, YouTube
related to Further reading · 16
Láadan → Diane Martin, Elgin, Exploring Language Change, Fantasy, First Dictionary, Furtherance, Grammar, Ishtla Singh, Jones, Madison, Mari, Routledge, Science Fiction, Society, Study, Suzette Haden
related to Word order · 11
Láadan → Bíi, English, In, OVS, Separate, Sham, Shameshub, The, There, Verbs, VSO
related to Mandatory parts of speech · 9
Láadan → BáaIndicates, BéeIndicates, BéIndicates, BíiIndicates, BóIndicates, BóoIndicates, Most Láadan, The, They
related to history · 6
Láadan → Earthsong, Elgin, It, Native Tongue, The, The Judas Rose
related to Reception · 6
Láadan → Anthony Burgess, Burgess, Clockwork Orange, Feminist Dictionary, Nadsat, The Observer
related to Consonants · 4
Láadan → English, It, Three, Welsh
related to Pronouns · 4
Láadan → Pronouns, The, Therefore, Usually
Purpose · 3
Láadan → artistic and philosophical languagefictional languageLáadan, fictional languageLáadan, Láadan
related to Morphology · 2
Láadan → For, The

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language elgin english series particle would question marks symbols see vowels ipa plural second sentence languages fiction number used women

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LáadanCreated bySuzette Haden Elgin and collaborators1.00infobox
LáadanDate19821.00infobox
LáadanGlottologlaad12351.00infobox
LáadanISO 639-3ldn1.00infobox
LáadanPurposeartistic and philosophical languagefictional languageLáadan1.00infobox
LáadanPurposefictional languageLáadan1.00infobox
LáadanPurposeLáadan1.00infobox
LáadanSetting and usageexperiment in feminist linguistics, and featured in Elgin's novel series beginning with Native Tongue1.00infobox
LáadanSourcesa priori language, with influences from Navajo and English1.00infobox
Láadanrelated to ConsonantsIt0.60section
Láadanrelated to ConsonantsEnglish0.60section
Láadanrelated to ConsonantsThree0.60section

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