Ganymedian n. 2

the language or dialect of Ganymedians

Rare.

1936 J. Blish Pursuit into Nowhere in Planeteer (#3) Jan. i. page image James Blish bibliography
He spoke rather indistinctly anyhow, for the Ganymedian tongue is nothing like English and never could be.
1941 M. Jameson Slacker’s Paradise in Astounding Science-Fiction Apr. 92/2 page image Malcolm Jameson bibliography
He might make ridiculous errors in…Ionic or Ganymedian grammar, but he didn’t care. If the idea got across, that was enough.
1953 S. Merwin, Jr. Arbiter in Thrilling Wonder Stories Aug. 106/1 page image Sam Merwin, Jr. bibliography
He spoke the interplanetary Lingua Franca—a blend of English, Spanish, Russian, German, Hindu and Chinese, with more recent elements of Venerian, Martian and Ganymedean.
1957 ‘E. K. Jarvis’ Before Egypt in Amazing Stories Jan. 74/2 page image Robert Bloch bibliography
‘You’re not sure,’ Nicko was saying in Ganymedian French.
2009 D. Elaine Calderin Who Better to Play the Devil? 206 page image
Their first real communications were written to one another in the language of their masters, in the Ganymedian tongue.

any evidence 1936

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