diff --git a/code/modules/mob/language.dm b/code/modules/mob/language.dm
index ba868a2bd4..1ab08c1f3b 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/language.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/language.dm
@@ -43,6 +43,14 @@
 	key = "v"
 	flags = RESTRICTED
 
+/datum/language/diona
+	name = "Rootspeak"
+	desc = "A creaking, subvocal language spoken instinctively by the Dionaea. Due to the unique makeup of the average Diona, a phrase of Rootspeak can be a combination of anywhere from one to twelve individual voices and notes."
+	speech_verb = "creaks and rustles"
+	colour = "soghun"
+	key = "t"
+	flags = RESTRICTED
+
 /*
 /datum/language/human
 	name = "Sol Common"
diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/species.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/species.dm
index 7c3d159b22..4ea033d556 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/species.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/species.dm
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@
 	name = "Diona"
 	icobase = 'icons/mob/human_races/r_plant.dmi'
 	deform = 'icons/mob/human_races/r_def_plant.dmi'
+	language = "Rootspeak"
 	attack_verb = "slash"
 	primitive = /mob/living/carbon/monkey/diona