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Preferred term

ldnLáadan  

Type

  • language

Definition

  • Láadan is a constructed language created by Suzette Haden Elgin in 1982 to test the Sapir–Whorf Hypothesis, specifically to determine if development of a language aimed at expressing the views of women would shape a culture; a subsidiary hypothesis was that Western natural languages may be better suited for expressing the views of men than women. The language was included in her science fiction Native Tongue series. Láadan contains a number of words that are used to make unambiguous statements that include how one feels about what one is saying. According to Elgin, this is designed to counter male-centered language's limitations on women, who are forced to respond "I know I said that, but I meant this".

ISO 639-3 code

  • ldn

In other languages

  • 拉丹語

    Chinese

  • Láadan

    Dutch

  • Laadano

    Esperanto

  • Láadan

    French

  • Láadan

    Italian

  • ラーダン

    Japanese

  • 라아단

    Korean

  • Láadan

    Polish

  • Láadan

    Spanish

URI

http://lexvo.org/id/iso639-3/ldn

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