Speedtalk
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Speedtalk is an idea for a new language put forth by Robert A. Heinlein in his novella, Gulf (1949). Speedtalk was defined as an entirely logic-based language which, in the course of the fictitious work, served its purpose as an intriguing plot device. The basic concept was that the conlang would utilize a complex syntax with a minimal vocabulary and a phonemically extensive alphabet (including such letters as œ, ħ, ø, and ʉ), and it was therefore considered extremely efficient. In one example (the only one given), a single word meant "The far horizons draw no nearer."
Many of these ideas have been incorporated into the Ithkuil language.
[edit] Examples of Speedtalk
Two conversations were written amongst the storyline, though not deciphered, and are as follows;
"œnɪe ʀ ħøg rylp" "nU"
"tsʉmaeq?" "nø!" "zUlntsɨ." "ɨpbitʹ New Jersey."
