Samnorsk

He was making burbling noises that didn't sound like Samnorsk.

A Fire Upon the Deep Vinge, Vernor 1992

Scrupilo, Vendacious, and Scarbutt -- the "Pilgrim" -- all spoke fluent Samnorsk now, more than good enough so that she could see the character behind their inhuman forms: Scrupilo, prissy and very bright.

A Fire Upon the Deep Vinge, Vernor 1992

There were about four pages, all neatly printed in Samnorsk by Amdi.

A Fire Upon the Deep Vinge, Vernor 1992

Sure, learning Samnorsk would give the Tines power over her ... but it was the only way she could learn about them, the only way she could learn about Jefri.

A Fire Upon the Deep Vinge, Vernor 1992

But interpack speech and Samnorsk were low-pitched sound -- they would scarcely be affected.

A Fire Upon the Deep Vinge, Vernor 1992

It was Mr. Shreck; he spoke a fair amount of Samnorsk, though not as well as Mr. Steel.

A Fire Upon the Deep Vinge, Vernor 1992

None of the humanoids spoke Samnorsk, but no one was more than one translator hop from Triskweline.

A Fire Upon the Deep Vinge, Vernor 1992

What little the Blight said of itself was often in Samnorsk.

A Fire Upon the Deep Vinge, Vernor 1992

That loses a lot of the colloquialisms and the little errors of a child who is a native speaker of Samnorsk.

A Fire Upon the Deep Vinge, Vernor 1992

Most were just unfamiliar Samnorsk: she'd tap a nose on the offending word and the definition would flicker briefly in a dictionary window.

A Fire Upon the Deep Vinge, Vernor 1992