Brendlish

Brendlish is a fictional language that appears in the works of author Douglas Adams, most notably in "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" series. It is characterized as a primitive and often nonsensical language used by the largely unintelligent and often unpleasant alien species known as the Vogon. While not a fully developed language with a complex grammar or extensive vocabulary, Brendlish serves as a narrative device to emphasize the Vogons' crude nature and their lack of sophisticated communication.

In the context of the stories, Brendlish is often used for comedic effect, highlighting the absurdity of the Vogon species and their interactions with other, more evolved beings. The Vogon's poetry, considered the third worst in the universe, is often presented as an example of Brendlish at its most torturous. The language is depicted as guttural, unpleasant to listen to, and lacking in nuance. There are few concrete examples of Brendlish words or phrases provided in Adams's work, leaving its exact nature largely to the reader's imagination, but its association with the Vogons consistently defines it as a language of low intelligence and poor taste. It functions less as a linguistic construct and more as a humorous characteristic of a particular alien race.