Talk:Alien language

message: The result of the VFD can be found here: Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/Alien language -- AllyUnion (talk) 04:22, 10 Feb 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  VFD Result 

message: "cuttlefish and chameleons, which can alter their body color in complex ways as a method of communication, and ants and honey bees, which use pheromones to communicate complex messages": what evidence is there that these messages are complex?  Seems to me they're anything but. Mcswell (talk) 22:09, 12 May 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Complex? 

message: Does anyone else think that the "See also" section should include Chinese Language? :P nihil (talk) 15:43, 8 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Checking all the characters in Unicode's Basic Multilingual Plane, i see lots that look alien, chinese/asian chars aren't among them.  --TiagoTiago (talk) 17:40, 15 May 2010 (UTC)

text: No all laughing and literature..... 92.21.48.24 (talk) 21:27, 24 April 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  See also 

message: I think the Pioneer plaque in particular deserves a mention as an actual attempt to speak to aliens? It is essentially an "alien" language of our own creation for ease of communication, and presumably any aliens contacting us might have a similar idea and not message us in English/Vulcan/Bokqvt'fst. The hyperfine transition of hydrogen (no, I don't know either) is used to introduce the concept of a binary switch, with binary being the alien "language" used for the rest of the plaque. Many people have proposed that aliens would speak to us in maths or chemistry, not abstract language. This might be original research or in the realm of universal language though. It would be nice to have something other than science ficton to discuss though.
Also, if a lion could speak, we wouldn't understand him? Surely he said "feed me"?GM Pink Elephant (talk) 21:01, 24 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pioneer and Voyager messages 

message: I don't have a searchable copy, but I could have sworn that the term "xenolinguistics" was used prior to 1986 in one of the first three books of the Hitchiker's Guide trilogy, when they are discussing how all languages have phonetically similar words for beverages.  I think it was in "The Restaurant at the End of the Universe".  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.64.157.114 (talk) 06:10, 20 February 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Possible Earlier Use of the Term "Xenolinguistics" 

message: I edited the lede in a way that prioritizes the terms for the study of alien languages.  This doesn't necessitate an article move, since all three terms redirect here, but if we want to do so, I'm not sure which term is best.  Google's Ngram viewer only showed results for exolinguistics, but currently only Xenolinguistics is used in Wikipedia articles.  — Æµ§œš¹ [ãːɱ ˈfɹ̠ˤʷɪ̃ə̃nlɪ] 17:43, 14 August 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Possible article move?

message: I believe this section should also include mention of:
# Harry Harrison's West of Eden
# Jean M. Auel's The Clan of the Cave Bear  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mirelly (talk • contribs) 20:53, 6 September 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Science Fiction 

message: What are possibilities of alien vocal organs? What organs might be used and what are some ideas of how it might be spoken, signed, etc.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 97.85.166.212 (talk) 23:05, 7 April 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Phonology 

message: Hypothetical study of alien languages
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Study of hypothetical alien languages
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: Kortoso (talk) 16:19, 17 September 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Question 

message: It may turn out that learning an alien language may not be as hard as we think.
Its likely that to visit us, aliens would need to decode our transmissions.
We aren't exactly sure how many similarities there would be so "Water" may be a fundamental
concept common to all life but a starting point might be the Periodic Table (SG1) or other
basic constants no matter what numerical base is used.
Base 8 (4 digits) may be as good a start, in which case translation would be very simple.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.81.156.165 (talk) 08:12, 5 September 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Please keep in mind that wikipedia is not a chat room and our talk pages are for discussions of article improvement. If you have publications in reputable sources which discuss the issues you raised, please bring them here, and we may use them to expand the article. Otherwise, sorry, please use other forums to discuss your ideas. Staszek Lem (talk) 17:44, 5 September 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Possibilities