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What languages do people learn in schools of your world, if schools exist? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 week ago by BeckylandOfficial@sh.itjust.works to c/worldbuilding@lemmy.world

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Schools in my world of Beckyland can learn just about any widely spoken language as an optional class, though many choose Korean, Mandarin, sometimes Cantonese, or a Romance language.

Mandatory classes are for Japanese and English, which are incorporated into their studies, and they also speak their native creole of Beckynese.

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[–] pugnaciousfarter@literature.cafe 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Don't have such a concept in my worlds, but I am curious to know why are japanese and english mandatory. Lore time.

[–] BeckylandOfficial@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 days ago

Japanese and English were the languages that helped form Beckyland. When the first people came to the discovered land (c. 1940), they were Japanese and English speakers. Neither could understand each other, so a language naturally formed over time with the help of translators.