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Traveler is the name of a trade language spoken throughout Human Space. It permits wildly different alien races to communicate. Other invented languages that serve a similar purpose are Shpoto and Hrel. | Traveler is the name of a trade language spoken throughout Human Space. It permits wildly different alien races to communicate. Other invented languages that serve a similar purpose are Shpoto and Hrel. | ||
Traveler accounts for less than eight percent of the trade languages spoken in the galaxy. | Most Humans who have encountered aliens believe that Traveler is the only trade language in play. It simply doesn't occur to them that there might be any others. In fact, Taveler accounts for less than eight percent of the trade languages spoken in the galaxy. | ||
==Terms== | ==Terms== | ||
'''swistel''' - an action performed by a person of low status for someone of high status, in the hopes of currying favor. | '''swistel''' - an action performed by a person of low status for someone of high status, in the hopes of currying favor. | ||
Latest revision as of 00:11, 5 March 2020
Traveler is the name of a trade language spoken throughout Human Space. It permits wildly different alien races to communicate. Other invented languages that serve a similar purpose are Shpoto and Hrel.
Most Humans who have encountered aliens believe that Traveler is the only trade language in play. It simply doesn't occur to them that there might be any others. In fact, Taveler accounts for less than eight percent of the trade languages spoken in the galaxy.
Terms
swistel - an action performed by a person of low status for someone of high status, in the hopes of currying favor.