Speedtalk

Speedtalk

Speedtalk is an idea for a new language put forth by Robert A. Heinlein in his novella, "Gulf" (1949). Speedtalk was defined as an entirely logic-based language which, in the course of the fictitious work, served its purpose as an intriguing plot device. The basic concept was that the conlang would utilize a complex syntax with a minimal vocabulary and a phonemically extensive alphabet (including such letters as œ, ħ, ø, and ʉ), and it was therefore considered extremely efficient. In one example (the only one given), a single word meant "The far horizons draw no nearer."

Many of these ideas have been incorporated into the Ithkuil language.

Examples of Speedtalk

Two conversations were written amongst the storyline, though not deciphered, and are as follows:

"œnɪe ʀ ħøg rylp" "nU"

"tsʉmaeq?" "nø!" "zUlntsɨ." "ɨpbitʹ New Jersey."

ee also

* Ithkuil
* Arahau

External links

* [http://web.archive.org/web/20000503004430/http://fatmac.ee.cornell.edu/%7Eben/speedtalk.html http://web.archive.org/web/20000503004430/http://fatmac.ee.cornell.edu/%7Eben/speedtalk.html]


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