“With so many ‘real’ languages in the world, why would anybody make up another one? …Many authors create a language, or part of one at least, to flesh out their books and make them more realistic… The Star Trek series alone has spawned at least six languages: An’Dorian, Borg, Darmok, Ferengi, Vulcan (more Vulcan here), and the extremely popular Klingon. There are also political and social reasons for creating languages.” April Chase —Say What? Created Langauges of the WorldChickLit)
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