Fiction:Tybusen Intergalactic Allied Federation/Language

The TIAF uses simple languages to communicate.

Earthean English
The most common language in the TIAF, most citizens communicate using the English language used by the original Earth humans. The English alphabet consists of 26 letters, each of which have special pronunciations and phonetic sounds. The letters can be combined to create words. Words, in turn, make sentences, and so on. There are 5 "vowels" and 21 "consonants". The vowels are A, E, I, O, and U. They link consonant sounds together as well as making their own sounds. Words always contain at least one vowel. The consonants are B, C, D, F, G, H, J, K, L, M, N, P, Q, R, S, T, V, W, X, Y, and Z. Consonants form the basic sounds needed to spell words.

Most writings and conversations are translated into English if using a non-Earthean language, though some choose to speak in the intended language.

Tybusenic

 * ''For a more detailed explanation and a guide to most Tybusenic phrases, see this page.

An traditional, more complex language, Tybusenic was the national language until around 500 SY, when the Grand Assembly voted to change the language to English. As a result, Tybusenic is no longer widely spoken by citizens, though historians and some older residents still know the language. It uses a system similar to English, but uses different phrases for English words.

The language was created by tribal Tybusen long before the TIAF era, and words were often based off of some known related object. For example, the phrase tybus, meaning "forest", was based off of the forest planet Tyrus, which was visible from Tropicana. (The Tybusen Empire would later establish Tyrus as their first interstellar colony.) Others had unknown or obscure origins. The phrase sen, meaning "to dwell", came from a corruption of the phrase ston, which meant "rock", which was what huts were built with in the late Tribal era after the Great Friendship. This, combined with tybus, formed tybusen, meaning "forest dweller", from the original habitat of non-sentient Tybusen.

Sporish
Sporish (also called Platypus Latin) is a simple language that is related to English. It is all of the English non-proper words reversed, creating an alien-like language that is ironically easy to figure out. It was used commonly in the years surrounding the Intergalactic Contact era, when some TIAF members were unsure of other nations and used the language to confuse others. Today, the language is an established spy code.

All non-proper words are reversed, and proper terms are left alone.

Example: Eht Bunsen Grox saw delixe morf eht Grox Meta-empire. (The Bunsen Grox was exiled from the Grox Meta-empire.)

Acronyms, despite almost always being proper terms, are reversed as well.

Example: Eht FAIT nac kcik eht Xarik-Radux's ttub! (The TIAF can kick the Xarik Radux's butt!)

As a spy code, however, proper terms are reversed as well.

Example: ''Suovzedner ta Wark Yxalag Dnammoc. Gnirb net Legir-ssalc Sreyortsed dna eht SSU Anozira. ~Larimda Namffohk'' (Rendezvous at Kraw Galaxy Command. Bring ten Rigel-class Destroyers and the USS Arizona. ~Admiral Khoffman)

Notice that the number 10 was spelled out. All numbers in Sporish are spelled out as words, to prevent confusion between similar numbers like 46 and 64.

All TIAF spies are taught Sporish as part of their training, and it is a relatively easy concept to grasp. Most military officials at the rank of General and higher learn the language to prevent enemies from easily learning about troop movements.