Láadan
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Fact corner
- Language: Láadan
- Created: 1982
- Alternate names: -
- SIL-code: -
- Language family: Conlang
- Number of speakers: -
- Script: Latin script
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Introduction
Láadan is a constructed language created by Suzette Haden Elgin, Ph.D., currently of the Ozark Center for Language Studies in Arkansas, USA. She created it in preparation of her science fiction novel, Native Tongue, about a future American society in which the language would be used.
The verb
The verb is conjugated according to the number of speakers: singular (1), Several (2-4), and Many (5+).
Sample verb: lith
Present
| Singular | lith |
| Several (2-4) | melith |
| Many (5+) | melith |
Sample verbs
Click verbs to conjugate them in the table above!