European

The voice of the people

Close to two hundred languages are spoken in continental Europe, a fact which the ruling elite uses to their advantage (see Aufstandsvermeidung).

Despite their best efforts, over time a new language emerged from the chaos. Not a completely new one but a mixture, incorporating elements and words of the most commonly spoken ones, german, spanish, french, italian, and english. This is combined with hand-signals and biblical memes (those being the easiest for widespread use, thanks to the largely christian background of most of Europe) to ease pronounciation problems and increase the speed at which information can be relayed.

European is also sometimes referred to as Neo-Babylonian, by those familiar with biblical stories or those that wish to hide their intentions.

European is not officially taught in schools anywhere in Europe and people who are caught using it are often severely punished, and yet still it survives. Taught person to person, or by dedicated travelling teachers, it is the greatest sign that not all hope is lost in Europe.

Examples

• Guards are coming! / Watch out! - regarder, french for observe or look
• The foreman is watching you/that person. - a closed fist in front of one of the speakers eyes followed by two fingers pointing at the watched person, the pointing is sometimes omitted to make it harder to catch.
• I need help. - hooking both hands into each other and tugging once
• More guards than we thought! - 17:16, refering to Paul 17:16: While Paul was waiting for them in Athens, he was greatly distressed to see that the city was full of idols.)
• Refering to a haze mutated animal - Bestia, beast in spanish
• Attack/now! - right index finger placed flat against the left shoulder, the remaining fingers closed to a fist, with the bottom of the fist pointing outward, can be hidden by pretending to scratch the shoulder.
• I need food and drink / I am starving. - Pany / Pany fervore, derived from the Spanish pan y circo, bread and games, coupled with fervore a shortend form of please in Italian, to show urgency or dire need.