Leonard David's INSIDE OUTER SPACE

Xenolinguistics is engaged in scoping out the science of extraterrestrial language.
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It’s called Xenolinguistics, looking at the science of extraterrestrial language. Biologists, anthropologists, linguists, and other experts specializing in language and communication have begun to explore what non-human, non-Earthbound language might look like.

Arguably, such thinking sparks thought about the fabricated Klingon language, the cosmic “Klingonese” chatter spoken by Star Trek’s fictional alien race called the Klingons. There’s even a thriving Klingon Language Institute that was founded in 1992.

But for now put sci-fi aside. In reality, locating life and intelligence beyond Earth comes with our response mixed in with a dosage of responsibility.

For more information, go to my new Space.com story – “Will we ever be able to communicate with aliens?” – at: https://www.space.com/meti-could-we-communicate-with-intelligent-aliens