If I've looked things up correctly....
2G data signals use ~100kHz of bandwidth. Wax moths can hear up to 300kHz, and bats can produce up 250kHz. So an animal could, theoretically, communicate at 2G rates over an audio channel. Which is good news for Vinge's Tines. #xenolinguistics

a drawing: a brown haired girl in a red shirt is holding up an apple. Next to her a dark grey alien, somewhat larger than a human, with a large animalistic head with four pedipalps obscuring its mouth, and six segmented limbs. it's sitting down casually and pointing at the apple with one of its front arms. she says: apple. the alien responds with some squigglies in a speech bubble which i imagine sounding like clicks.

this scene flashed in my mind as i was falling asleep and i just had to draw it

#art #drawing #xenolinguistics #aliens

Last night I dreamed about an invasion of Earth by aliens. I was one of a large group of people taken to safety and given a lengthy and bewildering briefing. A message from the aliens was translated: "F-- your mama."
#aliens
#alieninvasion
#ETs
#SETI
#Xenolinguistics

Elegant. Simply elegant.

#xenolinguistics #higherorder #itbelikethatsometimes

#booksky, do I know anyone who has read The Mountain in the Sea and would like to talk about it on a podcast? Also, #linguistics, #xenolinguistics, but it would be nice to have non-linguistic viewpoints as well....

Ray Nayler out here putting all other writers of non-human characters on blast in _The Mountain in the Sea_! #xenolinguistics.
"In movies, communication with alien species is usually
achieved by means of some amazing technology. Translations are fluid, immediate, and accurate.

#xenolinguistics

This is brilliant. #conlang #ccc4 #xenolinguistics

What alien languages can teach us about human language: The linguistics of The Three-Body Problem Imagine if every word you thought could be heard by everyone around you. In this world, thinking would be the same as communicating. What would language—and society—be like?

This is how the Trisolaran language works in Three-Body Problem, and you can explore the linguistics of what their language would be like in this issue of the Linguistic Discovery newsletter!

linguisticdiscovery.com/posts/Three-...

#aliens #xenolinguistics #ThreeBodyProblem #linguistics #language

Your own personal way of speaking is called your *idiolect*.

But what if you inherited your language directly from your parents with no differences? What would language be like?

#aliens #xenolinguistics #ThreeBodyProblem #linguistics #language #SciFi #review

Is it time to chart a new path for xenolinguistics through sci-fi? | Aeon Essays To truly explore alien languages, linguists must open themselves to the maximum conceivable degree of cosmic otherness

my essay for @aeon.co on the science of alien languages and science fiction has gone live! This thing is over a year in the making. Give it a read and let us know what you think!

#xenolinguistics #alien #language
#scifi #philosophy #solaris

Pumped about an essay of mine dropping this Friday. The editor and I have been honing it for over a year now.

#writing #philosophy #scifi
#xenolinguistics

#Arrival #wug #linguistics #language #xenolinguistics #aliens #WugTest

Thuulith Phonemes | Skullduggery Get more from Skullduggery on Patreon

Get excited! The preview of the Thuulith conlang document is now live on our Patreon!

Enjoy trying to puzzle out whose names are shown as examples and what they mean!

#ttrpg #worldbuilding #specbio #dnd #homebrew #linguistics #xenolinguistics #lore

How Might Aliens Communicate? The Answer Could Reveal the Point of Language Studying how extraterrestrials might communicate could help prepare for first contact and also hint at the point of language itself

How research on **xenolinguistics**—the study of alien language 👽—is preparing us for first contact, and helping us understand what human language is all about

www.scientificamerican.com/article/xeno...

#aliens #xenolinguistics #linguistics #language

Could we ever decipher an alien language? Uncovering how AI communicates may be the key Decoding emergent languages in AI can have many behefits.

Could we ever decipher an alien language? Uncovering how AI communicates may be the key

theconversation.com/could-we-eve...

#AI #aliens #xenolinguistics #linguistics #language #InformationTheory @TheConversation.com @us.theconversation.com

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👽DECODING ALIEN TALK👽

How might extraterrestrials communicate?

A growing field called xenolinguistics explores this question not just to prepare for possible first contact, but to challenge our fundamental assumptions about language itself.
#Xenolinguistics #AlienCommunication

A three panel comic titled "The Man from Mars." A leggy dame walks past a man reading a newspaper. When she turns the corner, his eyeballs have followed her.

From the May 1950 issue of Fantastic Adventures magazine.

It's a pun, see, because "Va-va-va-VOOM!" translates in the Martian language to "Ouch, my goddamn optic nerves are distended!"

(Boost if you agree we need more xenolinguistic humor in the fediverse) […]

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From the #StarTrekCruise crew: “We tried to get different fun pictures of Brian but this is where he was for 90% of the time.”

#xenolinguistics #StarTrekCruise2025 #StarshipTempest #GM #studyingabroad #TTRPG

What if we could hear each other's thoughts? The linguistics of The Three-Body Problem Imagine if every word you thought could be heard by everyone around you. In this world, thinking would be the same as communicating. What would language—and society—be like?

Find out in this issue of the Linguistic Discovery newsletter:

LinguisticDiscovery.com/posts/Three-Body-Problem...

#Trisolarans #aliens #xenolinguistics #ThreeBodyProblem #linguistics #language #SciFi #review

What if we could hear each other's thoughts? The linguistics of The Three-Body Problem Imagine if every word you thought could be heard by everyone around you. In this world, thinking would be the same as communicating. What would language—and society—be like?

This is how the Trisolaran language works in Three-Body Problem, and you can explore the linguistics of what their language would be like in this issue of the Linguistic Discovery newsletter!

linguisticdiscovery.com/posts/Three-...

#aliens #xenolinguistics #ThreeBodyProblem #linguistics

What if we could hear each other's thoughts? The linguistics of The Three-Body Problem Imagine if every word you thought could be heard by everyone around you. In this world, thinking would be the same as communicating. What would language—and society—be like?

This is how the Trisolaran language works in The Three-Body Problem, and this issue of the Linguistic Discovery newsletter peruses all the implications of what such a language would be like:

https://buff.ly/4aRI97w

#Trisolarans #aliens #xenolinguistics #ThreeBodyProblem #linguistics #language

What if we could hear each other's thoughts? The linguistics of The Three-Body Problem Imagine if every word you thought could be heard by everyone around you. In this world, thinking would be the same as communicating. What would language—and society—be like?

Learn more about what such a language would be like in this issue of the Linguistic Discovery newsletter!

https://buff.ly/4aRI97w

#Trisolarans #aliens #xenolinguistics #ThreeBodyProblem #linguistics #language #SciFi #review

What if we could hear each other's thoughts? The linguistics of The Three-Body Problem Imagine if every word you thought could be heard by everyone around you. In this world, thinking would be the same as communicating. What would language—and society—be like?

Read more in this issue of the Linguistic Discovery newsletter, where I explore the Trisolaran language from the Three-Body Problem and how it compares to human language!

https://buff.ly/3ErakOl

#Trisolarans #aliens #xenolinguistics #ThreeBodyProblem #linguistics #language #SciFi #review

#Xenolinguistics advances! #linguistics

Hakan Hısım

Page 14 (164) // Alchemical: Radiolarian re compositions, compounded with xenobotanical psychotropic formulations for the purposes of non-ordinary excursions.

#Art #codex #codex2 #universaltransmissions #xenobotanical #alchemy #xenolinguistics #psychotropic #psychedelic #visionaryart

Life and Language Beyond Earth Amazon.com: Life and Language Beyond Earth: 9781009226417: Hickey, Raymond: Books

Xenolinguistics is the study of hypothetical alien languages. 👽

You can learn all about how linguists think about the possibility of alien languages in this fascinating book, “Life and language beyond earth”:

amzn.to/4jv0Mlv

#xenolinguistics #aliens #linguistics #language #science #Arrival

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Page 04 (154) Navigation: Propagation of Parallel Projections through Hyperspace

#universaltransmissions #xenolinguistics #codex #mapping #navigation #codex2 #visionaryart #psychedelic #astralcartography #multiverse #parallelreality #projection #hyperspace

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Page 02 (152) // Astral Cartography: Arching through spectrums of consciousness

Augmented reality Inside...

#universaltransmissions #xenolinguistics #codex #mapping #navigation #codex2 #visionaryart #psychedelic #astralcartography #archon #anubis

Next up in Logan's Greatest Hits, we've got "Describing Non-Human Vision" (gliese1337.blogspot.com/2024/01/desc...). My interest in #xenolinguistics naturally led into xeno-perception, and this is my most popular article on the subject so far.