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FWIW, a bit of digging leads me to believe that Starfish Language applies to the Mangani language as described (in contrast to its actual "depiction" via the aforementioned human-vocalizable version of vocabulary). That leaves figuring out if there's a trope for representing entirely human-unpronounceable "words" with presumably arbitrary human-pronounceable phonemes.
Fiat iustitia, et pereat mundus.
I assume that I'm more or less on the money regarding the applicability of Starfish Language?
Fiat iustitia, et pereat mundus.
In the original Tarzan novels, the Mangani
language is described as consisting "largely of grunts and growls representing nouns and various basic concepts", i.e. wordless vocalizations like real-life animals; yet this isn't reflected in the large lexicon of human-vocalizable words that the author provides for this language, e.g. Tarzan (lit. "white skin") or tantor ("elephant"). Note that this isn't Translation Convention, as the human-vocalizable words are not treated as separate from the animalistic equivalents, and thus are just as much part of the Mangani language.
Is there a trope for this dissonance?
Edited by MarqFJA