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'''Láadan''' is a feminist<ref name="foer-2012">Joshua Foer, [http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2012/12/24/121224fa_fact_foer "John Quijada and Ithkuil, the Language He Invented"], ''[[The New Yorker]]'', Dec. 24, 2012.</ref> constructed language created by Suzette Haden Elgin in 1982 to test the [[w:Linguistic relativity|Sapir–Whorf hypothesis]], specifically to determine if development of a language aimed at expressing the views of women would shape a culture; a subsidiary hypothesis was that Western [[natural language]]s may be better suited for expressing the views of men than women. The language was included in her science fiction [[w:Native Tongue (Suzette Haden Elgin novel)|''Native Tongue'']] series. Láadan contains a number of words that are used to make unambiguous statements that include how one feels about what one is saying. According to Elgin, this is designed to counter male-centered language's limitations on women, who are forced to respond "I know I said that, but I meant this".