Scenarios about 'language'
The systematic means of communication through which humans convey ideas, emotions, and information using structured sounds, symbols, or gestures. Language encompasses thousands of distinct systems that have evolved across cultures and regions, each with unique grammar, vocabulary, and phonology that reflect historical developments and cultural contexts. Understanding language evolution and divergence is essential in alternate history scenarios where different linguistic patterns might emerge from altered cultural contacts, conquest patterns, or technological developments.
What If Latin Never Became Europe's Lingua Franca?
Exploring how European intellectual, religious, and political development might have unfolded if Latin had not served as the common language of scholarship, religion, and diplomacy for over a millennium.