Standard lingo

Standard Lingo

Aka the official language of the United Stars of the Galaxies

After the creation of the United Stars, one of the biggest challenges was language both spoken and written. While most conversation could rely on good translating software, it was considered vital that Union citizens could interact and talk to each other without the aid of translation equipment and use a language common to all.

A symposium of linguistic experts of all member civilizations of that time ( United Earth, Saran , Pan Saran and Ult ) came together and for over 5 years worked on a complicated artificial language. Yet after five years, they argued over grammar, puctuation and pronounciation and the project was given another 10 years The language experts job got more complicated as more members joined the Union.

In the meantime it was GalNet and the extensive student exchange programs that started to homogenize a new language with elements of all Union members of that time.

The Union Language symposium decided in 2242 to record this new organic grown language and codify it into dictionaries and into a common written language ( using elements of the developed artificial language to fill in the gaps)

This was the official begin of a Union wide language and from then on thaught in Union School. It also became the official language of the Assembly and GalNet Channel One. All Union military adopted the official language as the only language spoken by any military member while on duty or wearing Uniform.(in 2243 )

By 2244 the Union Chamber of Commerce also made the new language the only one spoken and written.

It was a condition new Union Members had to agree upon: Adapt Union Lingo as official language.

Union Member species without acoustic means of communications were to develop non acoustic versions of Union Lingo -

Linguistic experts describe it as a mixture of 40% Terran ( 60%English, 10 % Chinese, 10% Spanish, 5%German, 5 % French, 3% Arabic, 3 % Japanese, 4 % Other) 20 % Saranes, 20 % Pan Saran, 10% Ultonese, 5 % Artificial, 5% other)

Unon Lingu continuously evolves and the current spoken version has little in common with the one spoken in the 23rd century. Almost every new member species adds new terms and expressions that find their way in daily conversation.