This is an Essay: The Language and Legacy of Láadan (Evidently) (Q124632018)
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- tortoise.princeton.edu/2015/10/18/language-and-legacy-of-laadan
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This is an Essay (English)
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The Language and Legacy of Láadan (Evidently) (English)
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In general, what is most attractive about Láadan is not the grammar or the phonetic accessibility, but the vocabulary. (English)
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Equality does not mean that the oppressed and the oppressors take turns, but that they reach a fair and even compromise. (English)
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Elgin made the word oódóo (bridge), for example, because she felt that “its tune makes the shape of a humpback bridge,” and she created rul (cat) based on the purr of a cat (Elgin, “Notes on Adding to Vocabulary”). (English)
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