Human

Proper noun

1. A surname.
2. The language supposedly spoken by humans
   • Should you identify your language (culture) with human being (nature), you would tend to think that all people should speak Human (English), just as you do. And if they do not, they are either subhuman or nonhuman. This...
   • Shakespeare could understand Human, the language used by people, as well as Dog, the telepathic speech with which canines communicated with each other. - 2005, Jean Little, Forward, Shakespeare!, Orca Book Publishers,...
   • Lara's biggest frustration was that she could only speak one language – her native tongue of Dog. She would have loved to learn to speak Human but this was beyond the spy-training programme. - 2006, Andrew Cope, Spy...
3. Alternative letter-case form of human used in works that capitalize the names of all sentient species
   • In some instances, Humans have also been called "Earth creatures" and "Earthlings" and a Human male called "Earthman." - 2025, “Human”, in Memory Beta, non-canon Star Trek Wiki:
   • Raise an army and seek out the mightiest heroes from the four races of Origin Star – The Humans, Izans, Aokus, Theias, and unite them all to annihilate the Invaders of your home planet. - 2025, “Nexus War:...
   • These bipedal mammalians have developed a society that encourages and even thrives on individual freedoms and cultural differences - as a result, Humans tend to integrate well with alien populations. - 2025, “Preset...