Home / Suzette Haden Elgin Suzette Haden Elgin Blog languages From Pravic to Palp-Semaphore: Seven Ingenious Languages in Speculative Fiction By Alex Thomson December 6, 2021 Comment 17 Column SFF Linguistics “Such a relief, to have a language with the right words”: Native Tongue and Women’s Language By CD Covington April 21, 2020 Comment 14 Books five books Five Books with Fictional Languages that Could Be Real By David J. Peterson August 10, 2017 Comment 19 Books book recommendations Necessary Whimsy: Fun, Funny Books Featuring Feisty Ladies By Lish McBride May 12, 2017 Comment 14 Books Five Books About Five Books with Invented Languages By David J. Peterson September 29, 2015 Comment 31 Books Jo Walton Reads Linguistics, Aliens, Dystopia: Suzette Haden Elgin’s Native Tongue By Jo Walton July 15, 2011 Comment 5