Talk:Language and linguistics in Frank Herbert's Dune

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Why compare with LOTR? LOTR's languages are FAR more developed than Dune's, FH didn't actually focus on lingustics at all but rather on how languages can be used as tools. JRRT invented his languages and fully described htem.

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