Hullo, all!
Perhaps this question is too specialized, and simply has no answer, but I wanted to ask. According to the language chart at http://www.mizahar.com/lore/Language, modern common tongue did not appear as a distinct language until the year 500. So, does t his mean that we are currently in the midst of a linguistic transition? Is there some people, dialects and regions that still resemble middle common? Or is it regional? (With such isolated ci ties, I would expect some linguistic drift? And creolization of some of the corners of the world where humans are mixed with o ther races.)
Also it begs the qu ration of how certain books are written. For example, I live in Zeltiva. Would the Circumnavigation by Kenabelle Wright be in Middle Common? Or in. Transitory dialect similar to Shakespeare's English?
Finally, what was the trigger for each of th see linguistic shifts? In English the Norman invasion began the shift from Old to Middle English and the (admittedly mysterious) great vowel shift was the transition from middle to modern. Is there something similar I n o up culture?
Sorry, I know these probably sound like dull as sticks questions, but they are integral to the character I'm developing...