Union Language symposium

After the creation of the United Stars, one of the biggest challenges was both spoken and written language. Most conversations could rely on good translating software, it was considered vital that Union citizens be able to talk to each other and exchange written material without the aid of computronics and so use a language common to all.

A symposium (Union Language Symposium) of linguistic experts of all member civilizations of that time (United Earth, Saran, Pan Saran and Ult) convened in 2227 OTT and created a complicated artificial language over a 5 year period. In that time they argued over grammar, punctuation and pronunciation. The experts were showing some progress and so the project was given another 10 years. The language experts' job became even more complicated as more and more members joined the Union.

In the meantime, a process of natural language evolution was occurring over GalNet and through the extensive student exchange programs, producing a homogenized language featuring elements of all Union members of the time.

The Union Language symposium decided in 2242 to record this new organically grown language and codify it into dictionaries and into a common written form, using elements of the developed artificial language to fill in the gaps. This decision created the Union's Standard Lingo

