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Common is the official and main working language of the New World Order (NWO - in Common, ''na Lufis Sefetysyn na Onpa'' or ''LSO''). The NWO is the dominant governmental authority on Earth 4177, claiming to be the sole, rightful global sovereignty. The Order appears to control the entire planet with the exception of the Five Free States ("nar suz ikrowéteras sifysyn" in Common, "the five noncompliant states"), consisting of Britain, Québec, Israel, South Korea and Japan. These five states are able to exclude the authority of the New World Order form their territory. The Order is able to effectively control the rest of Earth 4177, and from the Order's perspective, the Free States are not legitimate, independent sovereignties, but NWO states in a state of noncompliance. | |||
Common is the first language of about 800 million people, or approximately 11% of the global population, and is estimated to have approximately 4.5 billion second language speakers. These figures come from the 2115 Global Census. However, as Trafalgar writes about their world, "Yes, technological civilization survived and yes, some areas of technology like computers and biotech are more refined, but in general, the modern world is tired and broken and cruel, and healing only slowly."[https://webconlang.infiniterecursion.ca/article/common/6/] The Order's ability to gather data in hence somewhat flawed despite its technological advantages, and it is far from transparent. These figures need to be taken with a grain of salt. However, enough corroboration exists that we believe they are roughly correct. | |||
These numbers understate the importance of Common. Those 800 million people represent the entire elite class and most of the professional class in the NWO. Virtually all education and public life is conducted in that language, and other languages appear to be driven to a substratum position. The time point observed by the aetherscope appears to be one where language replacement of most natural languages by Common on a massive scale appears to be in its early phases but advancing rapidly. | |||
The language is always referred to as "Common" when speaking about it in English, and the name of the language is similarly translated when referring to it in other languages. The native name is 'na Xafen zisse' ('the Common language') or just 'na Xafen' (Common), pronounced SHAH-vain (/na 'ʃa.ven/). | |||
Common is a constructed language. The New World Order plans to officially celebrate its centennial in 2122. It was invented for use on an early 21st century television show, became associated with the Globalist movement where it was used as a code language, and then began a new life as a global lingua franca when the globalists achieved ascendancy. | |||
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