Tamarian language

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  • Tonal language with heavy reliance on body language and gesture, similar to many sign languages (TNG Short Story: "Friends With the Sparrows")
    • Numerical information communicated via pitch (TNG Short Story: "Friends With the Sparrows")
  • Written language much more integrated with spoken than in most societies (TNG Short Story: "Friends With the Sparrows")
    • Outgrowth of the importance of symbols, imagery, and abstraction (TNG Short Story: "Friends With the Sparrows")
    • Mathematical and musical notation heavily related (TNG Short Story: "Friends With the Sparrows")
  • Referents
    • Noted contact tales
      • Rai and Jiri (TNG Short Story: "Friends With the Sparrows")
      • Zima and Bakor (TNG Short Story: "Friends With the Sparrows")
      • Darmok and Jalad (TNG: "Darmok"; TNG Short Story: "Friends With the Sparrows")
        • Considered a final desperation tactic when previous attempts at contact have failed (TNG Short Story: "Friends With the Sparrows")
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