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artificial-trade-language
A constructed language designed to facilitate communication across diverse species and cultures, more complex than human artificial languages like Esperanto.
1 chapter across 1 book
A Fire Upon the Deep (2002)Vernor Vinge
Chapter 807
This chapter explores the concept of Triskweline, a hypothetical trade language designed for diverse users across different species and communication modes. It proposes a layered linguistic system with a standardized back-end vocabulary and multiple front-end instantiations tailored to various users, allowing for both complex natural language sensitivity and simplified patois forms. The chapter also considers the evolutionary dynamics of such a language system, including extensions, obsolete standards, and experimental variants without centralized enforcement.