LáAdan - Conlang Profile	Advanced
Language Name LáAdan Language Author Suzette Haden Elgin Year Began 1982 Site LáAdan - site 1 LáAdan - site 2 LáAdan - site 3 Broken Link No Site Language English Language Type international auxiliary language Editorial Elgin, noted author of The Gentle Art Of Verbal Self Defence series of books, created LáAdan as an experiment to test the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis. Specifically, she felt that English and most natural languages were better suited for expressing the views of men than women. She designed LáAdan to enable women to better give voice to their viewpoints, and the lexicon of LáAdan, more than any other constructed language, has many unique concepts that are expressed in LáAdan in one word but cannot be easily expressed in natural languages. Elgin included LáAdan in her Native Tongue science-fiction trilogy. Unfortunately, little of the language has been documented on the Internet. Uniqueness A language for women. Language Sources Navajo, American English Conculture Noun Phrase women Dictionary No Etymologies No Grammar Yes Sample Texts Yes Unique Script No Primer Yes Babel Text No Lexicon Size 1,000 Submitted By NA Updated By Jeffrey Henning Date Edited Saturday, February 21, 2004 Description Of Update Added rough lexicon size (attested at larger 1000, but dictionary not online). Corrected year began. Date To Headline Sunday, January 25, 2004 < L17  LáAdan  Lacue >
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