Misc

Bootless Creole
Bootless Creole, commonly called “Bootlang” is the language spoken by the scrappers and other low cast societal members of Epiphany. The lower cast term for this language is Boot lang.

History
Just like its english translation suggests, Bootless Creole is a creole language(link). Following the events of the nuclear war, survivors from all over the planet began their exodus to the remaining land mass on the planet. It was during this phase of reconstruction where this amalgamation of people found themselves having to live and work together, they developed a pidgin language so that they could better communicate with each other. After the implementation of the system, bootless creole became the primary language for the lowest of its societal members and over time developed into a fully fledged creole language, Boot lang.

Vocabulary
With its roots inextricably based in creole language, Boot lang takes primarily from English although clear contributions and influences from Slavic, German, Chinese, Romance, Hindi, Filipino and Bantu languages can be observed. Many words are directly derived from words or phrases in one or more of these languages.

Example words

 * Neadle - Javalin Station
 * Neadle Dwela - A person inhabiting the Javalin slums.
 * Bootlanga - A person assigned to the lower Casts of the system.
 * Uppalanga - A person that lives in skycity.
 * U fonee - Used to refer to the System.
 * Vusi - Scrapper cast
 * Boot rata - Brother
 * Boot sesta - Sister

Example phrases

 * Ey - “Hello
 * Eye - “Goodbye”
 * Ari - “Thanks”
 * Na warris- “You’re welcome” (lit. No worries)
 * Nachank! - general-purpose curse “damnit”

Grammer
Like English and many other languages, Boot lang’s basic word order is Subject - Verb - Object:
 * "Da Vusi k’an arange da boosta ."
 * "The scrapper can fix the engine ."

Orthography
Boot lang is typically written in Latin alphabet. Most letters are attributed similar phonetic value as in english, but some differences may appear, and as far as how the words are written differs from cast to cast as well as geographic location.

Dialects
Each different geographical location on Euphony alters the language slightly, the real difference lies in how the language is read. Depending on your location the orthography may change.

Gestures
Although not a literal a part of the language, gestures have been used in Boot lang since its early formation as a pidgin dialect. Non verbal’s helped the survivors better communicate during the reconstruction phase and also developed over time as an auxiliary to the language itself. __NEWSECTIONLINK__