One thing that I don't see discussed much is how languages would develop in alt-histories. I'm a conlang and linguistics enthusiast, but alternate world conlang projects rarely have the alt-history bit in detail, while alt-history projects don't have much detail on how the language differs -- it seems like the languages are the same as in OTL, perhaps with a couple of place names changed. This is an exception to the rule.
Naturally, some events would obviously cause different languages to develop -- a world where the Norman invasion of England failed wouldn't have an English like what we have now, but there are many other things that would cause different developments. Loanwords are obvious; if Britain didn't conquer India, English wouldn't have many words from there, as an example. Differing technology is another example; a world where nuclear space rockets were common but the internet wasn't wouldn't have words like "lol", "email", or "blog", but would have words for, say, describing movement in zero-gravity.
So, have you given any thought about what language might be like in your histories?
Naturally, some events would obviously cause different languages to develop -- a world where the Norman invasion of England failed wouldn't have an English like what we have now, but there are many other things that would cause different developments. Loanwords are obvious; if Britain didn't conquer India, English wouldn't have many words from there, as an example. Differing technology is another example; a world where nuclear space rockets were common but the internet wasn't wouldn't have words like "lol", "email", or "blog", but would have words for, say, describing movement in zero-gravity.
So, have you given any thought about what language might be like in your histories?