Ed Earl Repp

Venusian n. 2	1931 E. E. Repp Beast of Ban-du-lu in Wonder Stories May iii. 1455/2 ‘Bal-un-deva-jas! Dev-ut-al!’ he grunted in two weird syllables, addressing the others. Immediately they began to discuss some event in their Venusian language that sounded to Tyber like the senseless grunting of a hog. But he was pleased to learn that they had some means of vocal communication. He was eager suddenly to learn it as he had learned many languages on earth. It seemed preposterous to him, however, that such brutes could speak.