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Ancient
Ordinary 20th Century English.
Arcadian French
Well, they call it Français. Used in and near the Arcadian Republic, it's a blend of French, English, and Chippewa.
Castellano Rioplatense
The Spanish dialect most commonly used in the Republica de la Plata., however they usually just call it "español." There are some changes to pronouns and to the pronunciation of "y" and "ll", and a lot of words are not found in Ancient Spanish at all. A 20th Century Spanish speaker would say, "That sounds like Italian-accented Spanish." The spoken language used by lower-class urban speakers is particularly hard to understand by Morrow Project members.
Cherokee
Some communities in Oklahoma, and others in western North Carolina and northern Georgia, speak dialects of this Iroquoian language.
Chippewa
Used by the Ojibwa, Anishinaabe and Chippewa tribes around the Great Lakes; it's a flourishing language.
Crioulo
A dialect of Portuguese used in the United States of America. It would be difficult to understand for a speaker of 20th Century Portuguese.
Español Mexicano
The general term for a dozen or more dialects and varieties of Spanish spoken in Mexico; related to Komerk.
Empirial English
The language spoken in the Empire of the East, descended from the New Jersey dialect of Ancient English. Related to the New Philadelphia dialect.
French
A majority of the citizens of the United States of America speak a French dialect as their native language.
Komerk
AKA Trade; mostly Spanish. Includes a written form (though much simplified and corrupted from 20th Century Spanish), plus a set of symbols (sort of like hobo symbols) for simple concepts. Some of the more important merchant groups may have slight variants or dialects. Closely related to Español Mexicano.
Krio
A dialect of English, common in the United States of America. As a spoken language it's barely intelligible to a speaker of Ancient English.
Navajo
Diné bizaad ("The People's Language"); mostly used by the Navajo in Arizona, New Mexico and southern Utah. A few other native American languages survive in those areas, also.
New Philadelphia English
Descended from the Philadelphia dialect of Ancient English; related to Empirial English.
AKA English. Very slangy, distorted English; words for actions and items no longer common (helicopters, calculators, submarines, etc.) are most often garbled, entirely changed, or just absent. Speakers of this will often insist that they’re speaking English.
Russian
AKA russkiy yazik. Has many English and some Chinook Wawa words, though some speakers make an effort to speak "pure" Russian as a political gesture. Native language of the People's Army/Democratic Republic of America.
Unislang
A mix of English, Spanish, evolved slang, and simple hand gestures. No written form, though; some signs and symbols are used, similar or the same as those used in Komerk.
Wawa
Chinook Jargon, also known as Chinook Wawa, or just the Wawa.
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