Points of divergence concerning the development of various languages and of linguistic sciences.
Alternate language challenge grab bag
The survival of languages that went extinct in OTL
Which ethnolinguistic group deserves a wank ?
Language revivals in alternate histories
WI more widespread use of Esperanto ?
Challenge: Esperanto as Air Traffic and Aviation Language
Which new first names could emerge in ATLs or future histories ?
Know of any PODs or POD discussions ? Feel free to add them.
WI the Romano-British version of Vulgar Latin survived ?
Challenge: More languages in Europe that survive to the present (with a 1300 POD)
Challenge: As many OTL European dialects developing into full languages as possible
Linguistic shift in Italy from Romance to Lombard
Challenge: Cyrillic alphabet more widespread than in OTL
A Romance language develops a third grammatical gender
Challenge: Surviving East Germanic languages
WI: Masovian language not extinct
More "Ancient Names" in Britain ?
Challenge: A completely alien "English" language
What would the English language look and sound like if the Norse conquer England ?
The development of the English language in a timeline without a succesful Norman invasion ?
Challenge: Understandably Germanic English ?
Limit the use of the English language to England only
Effect of no Shakespeare on the English Language ?
Challenge: English with a regulatory body
Largest possible number of Germanic languages ?
Challenge: Germanic Languages have separate alphabet
Can the Franks remain Germanic, or will they inevitably speak Romance ?
Challenge: Latin-speaking Germany
Challenge: Different division of the HRE leading to alternate Germanic-speaking countries
WI Dutch was far closer to German ?
Discussion on making the Dutch speak German (Deutsch)
Plausibility check: Germanized Lithuania in the 14th century
WI: More Germanic/Romance hybrid languages like English ?
How would the Irish langauge fare with Ireland as protestant as England ?
Survival of Gaulish or Norican language ?
WI more widely spoken Canadian Gaelic ?
Development of German language in a world where the Central Powers won WWI
Challenge: Make Cornish the world's lingua franca by 2000
Eastern Catalan dialects still using "salat" (sigmatic definitive article)
Know of any PODs or POD discussions ? Feel free to add them.
Arabic as the default language in Europe
How would a Romance Language with Arabic as a parent evolve ?
An idle thought on the Ottoman Turkish language
Arabic as official language of the Ottoman Empire ?
WI: No Modern Standard Arabic (MSA)
Challenge: Persian remains a broadly-used language of India
WI continued use of the Persian language in India ?
Myanmar's Pyu language survived
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.
Challenge: Prevent Afrikaans from diverging from Dutch
Know of any PODs or POD discussions ? Feel free to add them.
Challenge: Preserve Tupi as the dominant language of colonial Brazil
Know of any PODs or POD discussions ? Feel free to add them.
Challenge: Linguistic effects of a highly-civilized New Guinea
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.
Points of Divergence : Society and Societal Norms
Points of Divergence : Political Movements
Points of Divergence : Popular Culture