Language

Language is any communicative medium used by species of higher intelligence to communicate amongst themselves and develop abstract ideas and philosophies about the environment and greater universe that surrounds them.

• Linguistic term

Library Data Referral Tree

Please refer to the following AAB Library Data for more information:
Languages of Charted Space:

• Language
  • Artificial Language
  • Interlingua
  • Variant Language Construct
• Linguistic Devices
  • Language Translator
  • Vodor

Description (Specifications)

Language is one of the key characteristics of sophontdom. Through the facility of language, sophonts gain advantages over less sophisticated lifeforms. Not only can language-speaking sophonts able to better coordinate and collaborate with one another, but language enables the use of technology.

History & Background (Dossier)

Many lower lifeforms use language and these early communicative mediums communicate basic physiological needs, emotions, and many other kinds of concrete thoughts. More advanced language leads to abstract thought, which in turn leads to technology.

Language & Sophonce

Language is not exclusive to sophonts. Some pre-sophontic species have developed advanced language. TBD

Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis

No information yet available.

• Deterministic language

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• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science