[Linguistic, Trade, Science]
Since the origin of mankind, when different societies and cultures developed different languages, there has been a need to create a common language. One that would work as an intercultural bridge, a vehicular language, to make communication possible between different groups with diplomatic, scientific or commercial goals.
Commerce has been the primary reason for the expansion of a bridge language, or as it was called in the ancient past, a 'Lingua Franca' (from Classical Latin, a "free language").
With the re-discovery by Falco Lisi of the Gateway Jump, and the progressive expansion of mankind through the known Galaxy, a Lingua Franca became necessary. For this reason, the language we now know as Galactic Standard was developed, mainly by means of intense economic and scientific activity.
The Galactic Standard or Galaxy Standard, has its origins in a mix of the most spoken languages from the Old Terra, containing mainly Euro-American and Asian languages or vocabulary.
The way in which the Galactic Standard has influenced the Major Powers is huge. The Shogunate, where in the beginning the Pan-Asian (a mix of Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Hindi, Tagalog and other tongues) was spoken, and the Illyrian Hegemony, whose language is based on European tongues, now have many similarities with the Galactic Standard. A Shogunate citizen could easily understand Galactic Standard in the odd case he hadn´t already learned it.
There are still minorities who keep their original languages, although this is an anomaly. The linguistic analysts prophesize a future in which there will be a single and universal language spoken by everyone. They call it Unix (from Unitarian), and many scholars have already started to consider Galactic Standard as the young shape of Unix.
(By GJ - 685605)
