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Contrast with [[Strange Syntax Speaker]], where the words are understood but the language rules are not. For when the language's grammar is very similar to Indo-European languages, see [[Indo-European Alien Language]], or, if the language has basically a one-on-one correspondence with a real world language, [[Re Lex]]. |
Contrast with [[Strange Syntax Speaker]], where the words are understood but the language rules are not. For when the language's grammar is very similar to Indo-European languages, see [[Indo-European Alien Language]], or, if the language has basically a one-on-one correspondence with a real world language, [[Re Lex]]. |
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[[No Real Life Examples, Please|Do not list any natural human languages as examples.]] The whole point of the trope is that the language does not resemble anything that we humans use to communicate. Also, it's more than a little alienating[[Stealth Pun|.]] |
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== [[Anime]] & [[Manga]] == |
== [[Anime]] & [[Manga]] == |
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* In ''[[Haruhi Suzumiya]]'', the [[Starfish Aliens|Starfish Non-Corporeal Thought Entity]] "Data Overmind" does not communicate through language. Since humans do, it created the interfaces who basically act as mediums for it. |
* In ''[[Haruhi Suzumiya]]'', the [[Starfish Aliens|Starfish Non-Corporeal Thought Entity]] "Data Overmind" does not communicate through language. Since humans do, it created the interfaces who basically act as mediums for it. |
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* Meap, the [[Ridiculously Cute Critter|ridiculously cute alien]] from ''[[Phineas and Ferb]]'', only says the word "[[Verbal Tic Name|Meap]]" until he gets hold of a [[Translator Microbes|translator mustache]]. |
* Meap, the [[Ridiculously Cute Critter|ridiculously cute alien]] from ''[[Phineas and Ferb]]'', only says the word "[[Verbal Tic Name|Meap]]" until he gets hold of a [[Translator Microbes|translator mustache]]. |
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* In a anime parody segment in ''[[Futurama]]'', there's a race of hostile aliens who can only comunicate by dancing. And when the humans try to convey a peace message by dancing their way, it all gets worse. |
* In a anime parody segment in ''[[Futurama]]'', there's a race of hostile aliens who can only comunicate by dancing. And when the humans try to convey a peace message by dancing their way, it all gets worse. |
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== Constructed Languages == |
== Constructed Languages == |
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* Rikchik is a sign language for tentacled aliens (rikchiks) with no sense of hearing. Humans can't speak it, though they could theoretically learn to understand it. From the rikchiks' perspective, human languages are even more of a Starfish Language - we communicate over a completely foreign medium. |
* Rikchik is a sign language for tentacled aliens (rikchiks) with no sense of hearing. Humans can't speak it, though they could theoretically learn to understand it. From the rikchiks' perspective, human languages are even more of a Starfish Language - we communicate over a completely foreign medium. |
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* Many esoteric programming languages tend to this, with the most extreme example likely being [[wikipedia:Piet (programming language)|Piet]], whose programs contain ''no letters or numbers at all'' - it is written with ''colours''. |
* Many esoteric programming languages tend to this, with the most extreme example likely being [[wikipedia:Piet (programming language)|Piet]], whose programs contain ''no letters or numbers at all'' - it is written with ''colours''. |
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== Real Animals == |
== Real Animals == |
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