Full record for Jovian n.

Definition	the hypothetical language spoken by Jovians
OED requirements	any evidence 1943
Earliest cite	Clifford D. Simak, 'Hunch'
Comment	Douglas Winston submitted a 1989 cite from Suzette Haden Elgin's "Native Tongue". Ralf Brown submitted a cite from a 1964 reprint of Robert A. Heinlein's "Double Star", which Mike Christie verified in the novel's original 1956 serialization in Astounding. Fred Galvin submitted a 1943 cite from Clifford Simak's "Hunch" We would like to see other cites of any date from other sources.
Last modified	7 July, 2009

Citations for Jovian n.

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1943 C. D. Simak Hunch in Astounding Sci.-Fiction July 19/1	It was a roundabout way, a long way, an awkward way to read the language of Mars, Monk reflected. Martian to Jovian to Earthian. But it was better than no way at all.
1956 Astounding Sci. Fiction Feb. 47/1	The Martian language gave me my greatest worry. Like most actors, I had picked up enough Martian, Venusian, Outer Jovian, et cetera, to be able to fake in front of a camera or on stage.
1956 R. A. Heinlein Double Star (1957) 127,	I was knocked out the first time when we finally put the eetees—Venerians and Martians and Outer Jovians—into the Grand Assembly. But the nonhuman peoples are still there and I came back.
1963 P. Anderson Is There Life On Other Worlds 86	Be that as it may, jovians are chemically dominated by hydrogen and helium, but not to the overwhelming degree that the superjovians are.
1963 P. Anderson Is There Life On Other Worlds 86	Subjovians, represented by Uranus and Neptune, are even more poorly understood than jovians.
1998 Interzone July 10/1	One superjovian, ten times the size of Jupiter, swooping in to about half Earth's distance from the sun, and a string of five or more smaller Jovians.