At least, he heard no familiar words, just the harsh, guttural tongue of Suinomen.

"Kill them," the neogi ordered in the harsh tongue of its hulking servants.

Strong though she was she had a harsh tongue, and was mean-spirited.

Gently he laid the head upon the ice, then spoke in a harsh tongue unknown to Ballistar.

He heard the dwarf curse in his harsh, guttural tongue.

She spoke to him in a harsh tongue, her voice rising at the end of the phrase in a question.

"May the Frost King spare your flocks," he said, in his own harsh tongue.

He had a reputation among undergraduates for a quick temper, a harsh tongue, and being easily annoyed.

"Djainway," he announced, following the introduction with a babble of words in his own harsh tongue.

A tongue harsh to the ear but useful, since it is used so much.