Freielund Pidgin

Freielund Pidgin is one of the two major languages of the Anarchist Federtion of Free Soviets, and the only truly native one. It originally developed as a true pidgin, a spontaneously created simple language to facilitate trade between the many groups of people living in Freielund (the pre-revolutionary name of Free Soviets) who didn't share a common language. Since no one of the various languages spoken in Freielund came to dominate the others, Freielund Pidgin gradually became more and more elaborate as it began being used in a wider range of activities, eventually becoming a fully complex language in its own right, and gaining native speakers - though it retained its now inaccurate name. Throughout the time that Freielund Pidgin was becoming widespread among the populace, government activities in Freielund were conducted in one of several colonial languages (depending on who was in power at the time) and pidgin was looked at as a "low" language. While not surpressed outright, it was hard to find any written materials in Freielund Pidgin and it wasn't taught in the schools. It was only in the years leading up to the revolution that much effort went into creating written body of pidgin works and developing a national sense of pride in the native language of most Freielunders. After the anarchist revolution succeeded in toppling the old order, Freielund Pidgin became the standard language in all levels of Freesov society, with many choosing to learn Celdonian as a second language due to its international importance.

A native speaker of either Galdagan or Celdonian can usually understand significant portions of Freielund Pidgin, especially when it is spoken slowly or written down. However, native speakers of most of the other languages that went into the original pidgin find that they understand almost nothing out of it now without also knowing Celdonian.

See Also: Languages of Aperin