Would aliens speak English?

As unlikely as it may seem, most alien species can speak English — or Japanese, or French, or whatever the language of the show's producers and intended demographic is. This has the added advantage that the characters can sometimes lapse into their native tongue when the script demands. read more

Absolutely not. I don’t mean that they wouldn’t speak English because their languages would have evolved separately. I mean they wouldn’t be able to speak English, or indeed, any human language. read more

In the short story "On a Clear Day You Can See All the Way to Conspiracy" by Desmond Warzel, the aliens speak perfect English; for at least two of them, however, this is justified, as they've been hiding out in suburban Cleveland and would need to speak English to blend in. read more