What languages are spoken in the Stellar Federation?
Although 24th Century Earth is a great deal more unified than in previous centuries, there is still a plethora of languages spoken. However, there is an official “world” language – “Terranglo” – which is basically a rationalised form of English. The major inconsistencies of the old language, and most of the minor, have been eliminated, whilst retaining the richness and diversity of the old language, thus making it easy to learn and use. Cait is known for its diplomatic and communications specialists, all of whom have a great deal of facility with languages. Nevertheless, their world also has a common language – “Ratarsk” – evolved from High Plains Trade Talk. Voxxa uses “Yatta”, the Northern Common Speech, used by roughly 2/3 of the population. Raksha has no official common language. The commonest is “Katang Low Tongue” which is understood by roughly half the population. Rakshani who deal with the Federation usually learn another language, usually either Ratarsk, which is better suited
