4min chapter

Conlangery Podcast cover image

Conlangery #85: Multilingual Conworlds

Conlangery Podcast

CHAPTER

The Common Tongue in Fantasy Fiction

The common tongue is not a terribly realistic trope, as it's presented in a lot of fantasy fiction. If there is something that approximates a quote unquote common tongue, it is going to be the result of some kind of imperialism usually. So this idea that you would have a lingua franca that everyone knows and there's no barriers to understanding linguistically may be convenient for some kinds of stories, but it's not terribly realistic.

00:00

Get the Snipd
podcast app

Unlock the knowledge in podcasts with the podcast player of the future.
App store bannerPlay store banner

AI-powered
podcast player

Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features

Discover
highlights

Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode

Save any
moment

Hear something you like? Tap your headphones to save it with AI-generated key takeaways

Share
& Export

Send highlights to Twitter, WhatsApp or export them to Notion, Readwise & more

AI-powered
podcast player

Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features

Discover
highlights

Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode