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== [[Comic Books]] ==
* Hepzibah of the [[Marvel Universe]]'s: Hepzibah of the ''[[Starjammers]]'' comes from a [[Furries Are Easier to Draw|race of skunk-like humanoids]] who communicates using pheromones. The kicker? Humans can't detect them. However, her species does have vocal chords and can learn to speak human language, and she currently speaks in [[You No Take Candle|pidgin English]].
* In [[Alan Moore]]'s run on ''[[Swamp Thing]]'', Ranndians spoke in their own alphabet. He had a few pages of illegible conversations.
* [[Alan Moore]] wrote a story for [[The DCU]] in which a [[Green Lantern]] has trouble communicating with a blind alien in a lightless region of space. The ring's [[Translator Microbes]] can't come up with equivalents for "green," "lantern," or about half of the other words in the Green Lanterns' oath. He got a unique [[Badass Creed]] that embodies concepts he can understand: