====== Points of Divergence : Language and Linguistics ====== Points of divergence concerning the development of various languages and of linguistic sciences. ==== General musings ==== **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=117|Alternate language challenge grab bag]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=256236|The survival of languages that went extinct in OTL]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=248296|Alternate World Languages]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=248501|Save these OTL languages !]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=336765|Which ethnolinguistic group deserves a wank ?]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=210825|Language revivals in alternate histories]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=261040|Alternate Phonetic Changes]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=350313|WI: No surnames]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=980|WI more widespread use of Esperanto ?]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=261092|Challenge: Esperanto as Air Traffic and Aviation Language]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=357769|New languages in the future]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/first-names-in-ah.25934/|Which new first names could emerge in ATLs or future histories ?]]** **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/alternate-accents.415729/|Alternate Accents ?]]** Know of any PODs or POD discussions ? Feel free to add them. ---- ==== European languages ==== **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=352226|Etruscan language survival]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=304782|WI: Standard Latin language]]** **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/wi-alternate-latin-alphabet.411219/|WI: Alternate Latin Alphabet]]** **[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=81147|How did Latin "die" ?]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/what-if-the-romano-british-version-of-vulgar-latin-survived-different-ango-saxon-invasions.404263/|WI the Romano-British version of Vulgar Latin survived ?]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=287806|Challenge: More languages in Europe that survive to the present (with a 1300 POD)]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/challenge-most-new-languages-in-western-europe.28682/|Challenge: As many OTL European dialects developing into full languages as possible]]** **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/linguistic-shifte-in-italy-from-romance-to-lombard.450325/|Linguistic shift in Italy from Romance to Lombard]]** **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/other-european-alphabets.316637/|Other European alphabets]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=211315|Challenge: Cyrillic alphabet more widespread than in OTL]]** **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/pc-ahc-a-romance-language-develops-a-third-grammatical-gender.401358/|A Romance language develops a third grammatical gender]]** **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/ahc-surviving-east-germanic-languages.436066/|Challenge: Surviving East Germanic languages]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=253145|WI: Masovian language not extinct]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=307111|More "Ancient Names" in Britain ?]]** **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/wi-cymbro-saxon.439346/|WI: Cymbro-Saxon ?]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=270263|Challenge: A completely alien "English" language]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=336728|What would the English language look and sound like if the Norse conquer England ?]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=248021|The development of the English language in a timeline without a succesful Norman invasion ?]]** **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/ahc-understandably-germanic-english.416530/|Challenge: Understandably Germanic English ?]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=245003|Limit the use of the English language to England only]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=202073|Effect of no Shakespeare on the English Language ?]]** **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/ahc-english-with-a-regulatory-body.414297/|Challenge: English with a regulatory body]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=244179|Largest possible number of Germanic languages ?]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=287819|Challenge: Germanic Languages have separate alphabet]]** **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/can-the-franks-remain-germanic-or-will-they-inevitably-speak-romance.419021/|Can the Franks remain Germanic, or will they inevitably speak Romance ?]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=308584|Challenge: Latin-speaking Germany]]** **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/ahc-different-division-of-the-hre-alternative-germanic-speaking-countries.420087/|Challenge: Different division of the HRE leading to alternate Germanic-speaking countries]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=224665|WI Dutch was far closer to German ?]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=90518|Discussion on making the Dutch speak German (Deutsch)]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=308641|Plausibility check: Germanized Lithuania in the 14th century]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=265050|WI: More Germanic/Romance hybrid languages like English ?]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=350005|How would the Irish langauge fare with Ireland as protestant as England ?]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=253204|Survival of Gaulish or Norican language ?]]** **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/wi-more-widely-spoken-canadian-gaelic.420371/|WI more widely spoken Canadian Gaelic ?]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=335839|Challenge: Make German as widely spoken in the US as Spanish (with a POD no earlier than the ratification of the Constitution)]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=250661|Development of German language in a world where the Central Powers won WWI]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=263980|Challenge: Make Cornish the world's lingua franca by 2000]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=294096|Eastern Catalan dialects still using "salat" (sigmatic definitive article)]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/orthography-pod.17934/|Orthography POD]]** Know of any PODs or POD discussions ? Feel free to add them. ---- ==== Asian languages ==== **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=267968|Arabic as the default language in Europe]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=376635|How would a Romance Language with Arabic as a parent evolve ?]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=65233|An idle thought on the Ottoman Turkish language]]** **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/arabic-as-official-language-of-the-ottoman-empire.410510/|Arabic as official language of the Ottoman Empire ?]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=304781|WI: No Modern Standard Arabic (MSA)]]** **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/ahc-persian-remains-a-broadly-used-language-of-india.408254/|Challenge: Persian remains a broadly-used language of India]]** **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/wi-continued-use-of-the-persian-language-in-india.422339/|WI continued use of the Persian language in India ?]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=315136|Myanmar's Pyu language survived]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=342052|Linguistic effects of Brit/Canuck settlement of a mainly Chinese area in the 1800s]]** Know of any PODs or POD discussions ? Feel free to add them. ---- ==== African languages ==== **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=252623|Challenge: Prevent Afrikaans from diverging from Dutch]]** Know of any PODs or POD discussions ? Feel free to add them. ---- ==== South American languages ==== **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=260929|Challenge: Preserve Tupi as the dominant language of colonial Brazil]]** Know of any PODs or POD discussions ? Feel free to add them. ---- ==== Oceanian languages ==== **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/ahc-linguistic-effects-of-a-highly-civilized-new-guinea.346578/|Challenge: Linguistic effects of a highly-civilized New Guinea]]** **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/ahc-75-of-new-guinea-speaks-the-same-language.354988/|Challenge: With a POD after 1750, have 75% of New Guinea speak the same language]]** Know of any PODs or POD discussions ? Feel free to add them. ---- ==== Miscellaneous ==== **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/multilingual-military.316805/|Multilingual military]]** Know of any PODs or POD discussions ? Feel free to add them. ---- ==== See Also ==== **[[society and societal norms|Points of Divergence : Society and Societal Norms]]** **[[political movements|Points of Divergence : Political Movements]]** **[[pods:Popular Culture|Points of Divergence : Popular Culture]]** ---- ==== Navigation ==== **[[pods:pods|Points of Divergence Main Directory]]**