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Languages of the Galaxy

Galactic

Galactic is the simplest language that has ever been created. It has only a few rules to remember and a small vocabulary. It can be taught to non-speaking aliens with Int higher than 5 in a matter of weeks and is as such perfect for the entire Galaxy. Just don’t expect to be writing any poems in the language though.

The Empire has no official language other than Galactic, as does Utopia, Eiin, Nilen and the Liren conreces.

Orionic

The Orion confederation has Orionic as its official language although only around half of the population can actually speak it (since Orion expanded by more than a third at the expense of the Empire in the year 5-10 RTC). The language was one of the building blocks for Galactic when it was first established thousands of years ago and there are some phonetic resemblances between the two languages.

Forte

Forte speaks Forte, which is not very different from Galactic, although somewhat more complex. It is thought that Forte was developed from Galactic a long time ago and has since diverged. It is still quite an easy language to learn and doesn't have many difficult rules.

Nordonic

In Nordon and the southern part of Forte Nordonic is much spoken. In Nordon itself Galactic is hardly spoken at all and strangers are advised to learn the Nordon native tongue straight away. The people of Nordon often consider it an insult if you attempt to communicate in Galactic and will answer in Nordonic.

Forkode

Paradox has its own language, Forkode, which is as ancient as the race itself. It is extremely difficult to master but is a much thinned out version of their original dialect, Ancient Forekode which was spoken many millennia ago.

Ancient Forekode

Ancient Forekode is the language which was spoken by the original Forekode who inhabited the Galaxy and is also known as Ivalieh. Some of Paradox' most revered texts are written in Ancient and cannot be read by most of the Forekode today. High level Acal Mages often learn Ancient in order to better understand the roots of their power.

Geneler

The Dilern Regime speaks Arta’Par (Main Language). A harsh but complex language which cannot be spoken without an accent by anyone outside the tri-race Geneler-Korthea-Kildoron. The language is most often kalled Geneler to outsiders.

Roulish

Rouls managed to develop their own language, Roulish during their 1000 year enslavement by Nordon. To the novice listener it sounds like grunts and growls but it has puzzled linguists how a species that is so uneducated could develop a language which is on par with many of the other languages in the Galaxy. There have been made many attempts to create a written Roulish but those attempts have proved quite fruitless. There is no real Roulish written work.

Koter

Koter have a language from which Orionic is derived which is phonetically very beautiful. Modern koter often do not learn the language so it is slowly dying out. In Orion high society it is still considered posh to engage in conversation in Koter.

Korthean

Korthea have a language called Korthean which is not the most complex in the Galaxy and shares a striking resemblance to Arta’Par despite the fact that the languages evolved in different galaxies. Despite the resemblance to non-speaking people the languages are vastly different.

Gingerish

The most complex language spoken in the Galaxy today (with the exception of ancient Forkote) is Gingerish, the native tongue of the small furry critters. The language is derived from mathematics and is extremely well engineered to allow for delivery of maximum amount of information in the shortest possible amount of time. It is also extremely well suited for the vocal cords of Ginger. Ginger also use body language and hand gestures to pass information and their entire bodies often take part in communication, especially when a lot of information has to be passed.

Gingers have a unique ability to be able to separate many sound streams in their heads so they are able to listen to several speakers at once while themselves also talking. It is impossible for other species to understand such a conversation, no matter how proficient in Gingerish they might be.

Other races often refer to 'Gingerish' as 'Gibberish'.

Other

Several species also have their own languages. Bonts have a language derived by a weird crossing of Galactic and Nordonic. If you speak Nordonic you might be able to understand a word or two. It’s not the official language in the Realm of Flowers but most of the population speak it and the language is even spreading into the Bont population of neighboring conreces, much to the dismay of their respective governments.
Nonnib · 23. Jul 2007