Heterogeneous Linguistics - Vol. 2 Ch. 14

[Hoezell]

Oof the woof

 

[Snakeykid1]

we can communicate with pigs better than dogs and we eat them

 

[Is1026]

It's a meat beating party

 

[Boomburst]

@Snakeykid1 It is also heavily dependent on the culture you are from. Some put it at equal opportunity, others will not eat either, or some will eat one, and not the other.

 

[Gustbk]

Always a really fun read! (I probably mention this with every new chapter)

I’m guessing arthropod and most invertebrates are still part of the non-sapient breeds of monsters, would be nice to find bug people though.

That being said, the Griffin kind of took me by surprise..does that mean there was a time where certain monsters coexisted with human society...why was this trust broken?
The idea of a domesticated mount that can also be your friend (or partner?) is really interesting

 

[Gustbk]

@Tarage
Aside from the idea of an anime adaptation really not fitting the format (since it is such a niche and hard to market concept) — if this did ever get it, it would really be a hardcore challenge for the voice-cast...since they would have to translate all of these nebulous linguistics into something that can actually be reproduced. (We even have entire terms that are just left blank)

 

[Someguy]

@Gustbk

About the Griffin thing, well on page 7, MC thought that maybe people only rode Griffins during military parades and it seems that he figured out the reason behind it before quickly getting off the Griffin. I think the conclusion he came to is that Griffins and other monsters were slaves. Sure, slavery is a form of coexistence and there can be trust between slave and master, but at the end of the day, nobody wants to be a slave.

 

[Gustbk]

@Someguy
Yikes! I totally missed that...it really explains a lot (and was probably even mentioned in the beginning) about how this “Monster Country” came to be.

Though the Griffin does seem like one of the species more apt in communicating with humans (at least going by what we’ve seen so far)

 

[77BLc9JwJGpLVARkamJx]

Woof life matters.

 

[kuma]

the borderline with sentient being, pet, and livestock is grey.

 

[Robbini]

@kuma

Utility, Size, Appearance, History and a variety of other factors mostly, I would say.

 

[kuma]

@Robbini i mean in this series,

but still, it's mostly environment if anything also symbiosis. people different those from what available around them and what better symbiosis with them.

 

[voliol]

Chititap

 

[Kneel_Breen]

With the explanation about why the worm won’t talk, was the inference that the worms can’t turn/twist their necks?

I mean, obviously they can turn their necks, but does it have a more symbolic meaning? Like turning the other cheek if insulted, which seems to be a life-or-death matter with so many different species and so many different methods of communication. Or maybe worms aren’t willing to turn their perspective (symbolic field of vision) to see things in a different way. Just being able to communicate is meaningless if one party isn’t able to actually open up a dialogue. If the worms only stick with their perspective regardless of the individuals and situation, then it’s the same as not being able to communicate at all.

And then you get eaten.

 

[ZeonII]

@Someguy I don't think it was slavery, since science denies intelligence of those creatures and griffons did not communicate with people with words. they were more like domesticated animals like horses

 

[xtostos]

Who's the human(?) in the lower left corner of the last page? Next to the griffin.

 

[Pika]

They forgot to say chitatap

 

[Someguy]

@ZeonII How are the creatures and griffons in Heterogeneous Linguistics not intelligent? They do use words, except their ways of conveying words are different compared to ours. Does that mean mute people are not intelligent just because they use sign language to communicate? Monster language might seem broken and incomplete, but that's because we're seeing things from the MC's point of view and he's practically learning a new culture and several languages from scratch. Just because their technology is primitive doesn't mean they're not intelligent. They have culture, they use tools, they know how make stuff, they're capable of learning/mimicking. In fact, the author hinted that werewolf language might be incredibly complex in one of the chapters too. Human arrogance in their world denies their intelligence, not science.

 

[ZeonII]

@Someguy I never said they are not. reread the series. scientists deny intelligence of beastfolk. that is why professor and MC try to study their culture to prove it to general populous

 

[Someguy]

@ZeonII Then your previous comment was misleading af. It sounded like you were agreeing with the science denying intelligence part.

What you should have said was "I don't think it was slavery, since their science denies intelligence of those creatures and griffons did not communicate with people with words. they were more like domesticated animals like horses to the humans in that world"