This occurred to me...

[norikosama.livejournal.com]

Seeing as how Britannia occupies North and South America, do you think that Britannians living in the area can speak French, Portugeuse, Spanish, etc.? (theoretically)

And also, if Britannia occupies the Americas, do you think they have Hawaii too? Because Hawaii rocks.

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[fox-holland.livejournal.com]

I'm guessing Britannian English is the standard.
If someone wishes to do business with the EU, most likely they can learn it.

They most likely conquered Hawaii, they have a military base in the Phillipines.

[norikosama.livejournal.com]

Britannia originated on the British Isles but lost to Napolean and were exiled, so the mother tongue would be English.
And they probably do learn different languages in a region from Honorary Britannians.

Do you think Hawaii is a vacation spot or another place where they attempt to excavate more Sakuradite and Thought Elevators?

[fox-holland.livejournal.com]

Yes English, but it is Geass universe which is full of such mumbo jumbo hocus pocus, etc.

They could, but it's not necessary since the enforced standard for Honorary Britannians is to learn Britannian English, too.


I'm half-guessing it's a vacation spot with a Sakuradite mine, since I believe that sakuradite is somehow related to volcano/tectonic activities.

[nokiirat.livejournal.com]

tagged. please do the same in the future

[fujiappletan.livejournal.com]

What I want to know is if Australia is neutral then are the natives running it? If not. Who? WHOOOOO?

&i think it's a requirement that conquered/non-English speaking people learn uh English since they've been taken over. Though I wouldn't put it past some Britannians to pick up the language of their new land.

[chickee1.livejournal.com]

While eveyone has been fighting in the northern hemisphere the Maori have been taking over Oceania with their Moa of doom! Watch out Brittania!

[x-reggg.livejournal.com]

nope. i thought they could only speak french/portuguese/spanish because they were colonies of the european countries? so if that never happened (i doubt britannia would let the other european countries take over the world with them), then the language would have never passed on.

i'm wondering if the indians in the chinese federation speak chinese or indian, really XD

[zalem.livejournal.com]

I imagine they don't conform to what the Honorary Brits speak. They force the occupied people to learn English.

[dragonmists753.livejournal.com]

While we're on the topic of languages, what do the people in the EU speak? Is there one standard language or do all the countries/states still retain their own languge?

[lb-x.livejournal.com]

It could be that they retain their own languages for at home, but use one language for diplomacy. If so, I wonder if it would still be French, or if they would have switched to English?

[dragonmists753.livejournal.com]

hmmm... It would make sense that they'd speak their own languages at home and then use one for diplomacy since they're all brought together within the confines of the EU. If so, my guess at this point would be French, what with it's past of being THE language for diplomacy and culture, and since they decided to stick Napoleon in there too. Also I'd think using English when it's the official language of Britannia might not agree with them, what with their pride and language's ties to identity and power. They might view it as a bow down to Britannia.

I'd think the higher ups and those involved in politics would know multiple languages, including English and Chinese. But I suppose the question is what the average everyday person speaks.

lol, I feel like we'll probably never actually get our questions answered.

[dragonmists753.livejournal.com]

do we know when South America was taken over by Britannia? I just can't seem to remember. Could it be that parts of it belonged to the EU and then got taken over by Britannia? That way they would have had the chance to learn those languages, or at least some of them, before Britannia came in.

*sigh* but this is Geass. "world history? noooo"

maybe the indians are like the Japanese in that respect? They know (mostly) Chinese because they belong (technically) to the Chinese Federation but speak Indian (read: native language) amongst each other?

[sapphirus.livejournal.com]

...I rather want to see if there'll be any French people in CG in the future. XD;

[schizofragile.livejournal.com]

Hmmm they speak the same language! :O

[himbeerstee.livejournal.com]

Version one:
The colonization of the new continent was pretty much the same - European counties, including Spain, Portugal, France and Britannia make colonies.
Later Britannia unites all colonies under the Empire rule. However, many europeans still speak their own languages. They slowly merge with the ruling society, leading to certain level of symbiosis of european and britannic culture (cuisine, theater, etc.). In a few generations the european languages may be second to most of the citizens, if not a history. Of course, some resistance is also possible, if not unavoidable.

Version two:
Britannia monopolizes the colonization (somehow). From the beginning Britannic is the language of the colonies. European languages are spoken only in Europe and Europe's colonies in Africa and Mediterranean.

And about the diplomats - even if they speak more than one language it's a common sense to have interpreters. One interpreter gives more time to think - something vital to any negotiations.

[austere-flare.livejournal.com]

I bet many Britannians are multilingual, especially those who are assigned to different "areas". Though I see English, since it's quite a very common language, as their mother tongue.

In Philippine history, the Spanish conquerors learned the country's dialects in order to colonize the natives, but they never taught them Spanish for fear of the Filipinos learning their secrets and rising up against them.

Hawaii could be of some use to the Britannian Empire. Perhaps they colonized it too, but we can't be too sure. I mean, for example, in the map of Britannia with all the arrows pointing to its colonies, one arrow points to the Philippines, so it's assumed that they're also part of the empire. But in one episode, they mentioned expanding there. (I blame poking around Wikipedia for this)

...off-topic, but I really want to know the number given to the Philippines. I know, I know, I'm being quite patriotic. XD

[zinik-alexander.livejournal.com]

It's quite interesting for me, how and when China and EU occupied Mother Russia. This thing seems really unbelievable for me. I DEMAND RUSSIA IN CG!

[darksage29.livejournal.com]

I'm guessing they used Hawaii as a stepping stone to Asia.
PS. it's "Philippines".

[darksage29.livejournal.com]

b..but... don't they all speak japanese?

[jczala.livejournal.com]

that's because the voice actors are all japanese. If they want to make it more realistic, then there will be a mix of different languages in the show.

[kokoro-angel.livejournal.com]

Like Chinese, there are many different dialects and such for Indian. It will be hard to force everyone to learn Chinese,when there are not enough teachers and widespread poverty. Those lower classes will probably use native language for most things. The noble upper classes would have learn some form of Chinese though
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_language
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_languages

[bl-almalexia.livejournal.com]

I think Russia joined the EU voluntarily. (in 1917?)
And the Chinese just have conquered a piece of Russian Far East.

[zinik-alexander.livejournal.com]

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