Timeline for A believable (and not irritating) proto-language
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| Apr 19, 2017 at 19:10 | comment | added | The Serpent Says | Straight to the point can include worlds of discussion that have no relevance to the nonnative speaker, therefore seem tangential and annoying. Crom cares not for these things! | |
| Apr 18, 2017 at 17:58 | comment | added | Willk | The problem with straight to the point is that you do not want them to seem simple and Tarzany. You want them to be complex but unsophisticated. +for the Darmok episode - I think of that too and that flavored this answer. | |
| Apr 18, 2017 at 17:35 | comment | added | Marshall Tigerus | it depends. If the need was immediate (fire, danger, run) then yes, they should be to the point. What if there is no immediate need? Do they have stories they tell? What else do they use their language for? I like rewatching the Darmok episode of Star Trek TNG when I start thinking about how other peoples would speak in my stories. | |
| Apr 18, 2017 at 17:29 | comment | added | Michael Stachowsky | That's an interesting idea, but I'm not sure if it works in the context (see the edit above). I'd say, if anything, the natives would be straight to the point. No abstractions at all, wouldn't they? | |
| Apr 18, 2017 at 17:26 | history | answered | Willk | CC BY-SA 3.0 |