Láadan
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Láadan is a constructed language intended in part to better express women's experiences. Suzette Haden Elgin introduced Láadan in her novel Native Tongue.
- "It is difficult for a woman to define her feelings in language which is chiefly made by men to express theirs."
- – Thomas Hardy, Far From the Madding Crowd
External links
- Láadan Lessons
- A First Dictionary and Grammar of Láadan: Second Edition / edited by Diane Murphy
- A language discussion group: http://www.zompist.com/board/messages/384.html (Interesting comments with an annoying pun at the end); http://www.zompist.com/board/messages/388.html ; http://www.zompist.com/board/messages/390.html ; http://www.zompist.com/board/messages/385.html
- Láadan vs. Klingon panel at WisCon 30