How to translate alien language when the aliens are dead?
Aug 2, 2025 · The alien ship could have a literal "teach humans our alien language"-tablet with easy to use buttons in storage. Or a tablet used to teach alien children to read, with images/videos and …
Biological human-alien language barrier - Worldbuilding Stack Exchange
Jul 29, 2023 · Something I've been pondering- spacefaring humanity makes contact with alien species who, while being intelligent enough to learn to understand human languages, their throats or vocal …
Could an Alien decipher human languages using only comms traffic?
Jun 19, 2024 · Could a hiding alien ship decipher all of our languages only using the comms traffic of our civilization without our cooperation (assuming our civilization has expanded across the solar system, …
language - Are there techniques for creating alien or foreign sounding ...
Nov 3, 2014 · It should be assumed I do not have in mind what any particular culture’s language sounds like. What I would like is a technique for developing consistent-sounding, alien-sounding (or foreign …
How would the phonetics of a snake be? - Worldbuilding Stack Exchange
Aug 4, 2021 · I am trying to create my first alien language, I am creating an alien race that is like a two-legged reptile, has a head similar to snakes, has something similar to feathers (mostly on the head) …
Universal Phonetic Alphabet - Worldbuilding Stack Exchange
Jul 14, 2022 · As we were learning their language the <alien people> we noticed their dictionary had additional symbols after each entry word. Upon asking they showed us some copy of "intergalactic …
science based - Language that cannot be divided into words ...
Apr 1, 2020 · A language that cannot be subdivided into distinct components (words) to represent and communicate specific meaning or intent is not a language. Even the most polysynthetic language is …
science fiction - Would an alien species be able to make the same ...
I have started creating a language for a primitive alien civilization I am (slowly) making, and my first step was selecting sounds for this languge. But I was wondering if aliens could make these sounds with …
biology - How does one approach phonology notation for a non …
Then how would we write the alien language? When alien language is to be represented in a book one must necessarily use some sort of tranliteration or transcription scheme using Latin letters, possibly …
How alien can a language be - Worldbuilding Stack Exchange
Nov 25, 2015 · So my question is - is there such a thing as a truly alien grammar? Is it even possible to come up with a language structure completely different to that used by humans? Ideally something …