Láadan
From Langmaker
| Conlang | Láadan |
| Author | Suzette Haden Elgin |
| Year Began | 1982 |
| Language Type | international auxiliary language |
| Lexicon Size | 1000 |
| Etymologies | No |
| Grammar | Yes |
| Sample Texts | Yes |
| Primer | Yes |
Láadan (also written LAadan) was designed by Suzette Haden Elgin as the language of women.
Uniqueness
Elgin, noted author of The Gentle Art Of Verbal Self Defence series of books, created Láadan as an experiment to test the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis. Specifically, she felt that English and most natural languages were better suited for expressing the views of men than women. She designed Láadan to enable women to better give voice to their viewpoints, and the lexicon of LáAdan, more than any other constructed language, has many unique concepts that are expressed in LáAdan in one word but cannot be easily expressed in natural languages. Elgin included Láadan in her Native Tongue science-fiction trilogy. Unfortunately, little of the language has been documented on the Internet. A language for women.
Language sources
Interest of others
A review by Frank Legros. The language has a Livejournal community.
External links
| Site | Broken Link | Author | Site Languages |
| http://www.sfwa.org/members/elgin/Laadan.html | No | Suzette Haden Elgin | English |
| http://ozarque.livejournal.com/ | No | Suzette Haden Elgin | English |
| http://www.livejournal.com/community/laadan/ | No | NA | English |
