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Human civilization on planet Teppala peaked twice: first around 1700-2600AD, and then again around 3500-4200AD. After the second peak, human civilization entered a long decline, the population decreased, and languages with small populations went extinct. | Human civilization on planet Teppala peaked twice: first around 1700-2600AD, and then again around 3500-4200AD. After the second peak, human civilization entered a long decline, the population decreased, and languages with small populations went extinct. | ||
During the peaks of human civilization, it was common for every religion to have its own language. Since religions were tied to political parties, almost every political party also had its own language. | During the peaks of human civilization, it was common for every religion to have its own language. Since religions were tied to political parties, almost every political party also had its own language. This is why many Teppalan languages have unusual names, such as the [[Gold language]] and the [[Moonshine language]]; these were named after political parties rather than ethnic groups. | ||
Since political parties (and religions) coexisted with rival parties within the same ethnic group's nation, the boundaries of a given language often hinged on tiny differences such as speech registers or a set of unique vocabulary words used only members of a particular political party. When languages such as this coexisted, they tended to evolve in parallel directions, so that mutual intelligibility might persist among a pair of languages for hundreds of years. | |||
==Traits common to all Teppalan languages== | ==Traits common to all Teppalan languages== | ||
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Humans on the planet Teppala are confined to a single continent, Rilola, and its offshore islands. Thus all human languages can be traced back to a single starting point, and have many traits in common.
Historical distribution of Teppalan languages
Human civilization on planet Teppala peaked twice: first around 1700-2600AD, and then again around 3500-4200AD. After the second peak, human civilization entered a long decline, the population decreased, and languages with small populations went extinct.
During the peaks of human civilization, it was common for every religion to have its own language. Since religions were tied to political parties, almost every political party also had its own language. This is why many Teppalan languages have unusual names, such as the Gold language and the Moonshine language; these were named after political parties rather than ethnic groups.
Since political parties (and religions) coexisted with rival parties within the same ethnic group's nation, the boundaries of a given language often hinged on tiny differences such as speech registers or a set of unique vocabulary words used only members of a particular political party. When languages such as this coexisted, they tended to evolve in parallel directions, so that mutual intelligibility might persist among a pair of languages for hundreds of years.
Traits common to all Teppalan languages
Traits common to most Teppalan languages
Very few Teppalan languages have at any time in history ever gone beyond six vowels, and when there are six vowels, it is always /a e i o u ə/, where the /ə/ vowel may have considerable allophony.
