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Noble Tongue
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A Noble Tongue is a language used by the upper classes of society when it differs from the Common Tongue generally used by this society. Unlike Rich Language, Poor Language, this trope refers to another different and separate language. See also Foreign Ruling Class for when this upper class is foreign and, as such, use the language of their homeland (apart from if they assimilated to their subjects). Another related case would be the case of an upper class under the cultural influence of another nation, such as in cases of conquests or colonialism. Compare Classical Tongue, used exclusively by the well-educated; and Sacred Language, which survives only in religious services. In linguistics, this situation is called diglossia and the relevant languages are denominated sociolects. |
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Shin Megami Tensei IV: In the Kingdom of Mikado, there's a clear literacy divide between the Luxurors and Casuarly, as only the Luxurors are really allowed to be able to read and write, even though there are no official rules against it. After that, there is a divide between regular writing and the Mystic Script. Typically, only Luxurors learn the Mystic one, and they consider it a class breach when some Casualry start learning it too. Later it's revealed that the "mystic script" is the "language of the Unclean Ones", who are actually the people of Tokyo, and Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse reveals/confirms that the ordinary writing is English and the "Mystic script" is Japanese. | |
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The Pillars of the Earth and World Without End: Norman French is often spoken by members of the nobility and clergy in England; at one point, when a senior clergyman speaks Norman French with an odd intonation, someone else realizes that he's a non-native speaker and one of the relative handful of English-speaking clergy to have risen through the ranks of the Norman-dominated church. | |
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The short story "Farmer Giles of Ham" by J. R. R. Tolkien, set in medieval England, has the King's court speaking and writing mainly in Latin, while Farmer Giles and his fellow townsfolk use "the vulgar tongue" — ie, English. | |
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Discworld: The Quirmian language is basically French and aristocratic young women generally go to boarding school in Quirm. Latatian, the language of the ancient Ankh-Morporkian Empire and represented by Dog Latin, is still used by wizards, lawyers, and doctors, all of whom reckon that their professions are greatly enhanced if ordinary folk don't understand a word they're saying. |
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Pathfinder: The aristocracy of Cheliax commonly speak Infernal (the language of Lawful Evil outsiders, particularly devils) due to the tight alliance between the ruling House of Thrune and the Church of Asmodeus. Operas (Cheliax's most favored art form) for the aristocracy are performed exclusively in Infernal. Chelish commoners still mainly speak Taldan (the Common Tongue of the continents of Avistan and Garund). | |
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In colonial societies, the language of the colonizer usually had a higher status than the natives'. Even after the end of colonialism, such elites still speak the colonizers' language, since it was in these languages they were educated in. Also, a colonial language may remain in use because at least it's equally foreign to everyone, and doesn't privilege any one native linguistic group at the others' expense. History Matters explains this as the reason why the Philippines still use their colonial name — it's equally offensive to everyone, and doesn't favor one native culture over another. | |
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The Wheel of Time: It's a mark of status for nobles to be tutored in the Old Tongue, but few of them are actually fluent so it's not actually used in day-to-day speech. | |
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A Song of Ice and Fire: In addition to speaking the Common Tongue (rendered as English), Westerosi nobility are shown knowing High Valyrian, the Latin-like language of a Rome-like lost civilization. It often functions as a lingua franca in the series, as dialects of Valyrian are spoken on the continent of Essos, and so Westerosi who travel there will draw from their knowledge of Valyrian to communicate. | |
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Tolkien's Legendarium: There's an in-universe trend of languages originating as the vernaculars of older civilizations and becoming the noble tongues of younger ones, whose own vernaculars become the noble tongues of their own successors. Quenya, the High Elven tongue, is used for legal and religious purposes by the Númenoreans, but as a vernacular tongue by the elves in Aman. In Middle-Earth, the Grey Elves speak Sindarin as their vernacular: Quenya was forbidden during the First Age due to bad blood between the two elven groups. By the Third Age, Middle-Earth's elves speak Sindarin amongst themselves and only use Quenya for poetry, scholarship, and formal occasions. Sindarin is also used as the vernacular by the nobility of Númenor. The lower classes in Númenor spoke Adûnaic as their vernacular. By the Third Age, after Númenor's fall, Sindarin acts as the prestige language for the human nobility of Gondor, the primary Númenorean successors at that point, who otherwise speak Westron, a descendant of Adûnaic. Among the forces of Mordor, pure Black Speech is used by Sauron and his chief lieutenants, while most orcs use either Orkish dialects or Westron with loanwords from Black Speech. |
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Warhammer 40,000: The Imperium's language is Gothic, of which there are two forms, low and high. Low Gothic is the one transcribed into English and used by all classes; High Gothic, transcribed in fake-Latin, is the one used by the more aristocratic, ecclesiastic and technotheocratic classes. | |
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Braveheart: A cleric makes a Bilingual Backfire by insulting William Wallace to the princess in Latin, assuming that a Scottish bumpkin wouldn't know the language of the educated. It turns out that Wallace does speak Latin as well as the princess's native French. | |
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The Dark Tower: The Gunslingers of Gilead, essentially a feudal knightly order, use "High Speech", which is considered a "civilized" language when compared to the Low Speech of everyday communication. | |
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The Elric Saga: It's frequently specified when someone is speaking the Common Tongue, or the High Speech of Melniboné. | |
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Chronicles of Elantra: Despite being ruled by the dragon court and its Eternal Emperor, High Barrani is the language of law and the Imperial Court. It's also highly recommended for those interacting with the Barrani High Court, as its impossible to unintentionally say something insulting in the language.note Intentionally insulting, on the other hand, is an art form that seems to consist of carefully crafted Stealth Insults. Outside of law enforcement, government service, and the more powerful professional organizations, few speak more than a few words. Draconic is restricted to the Dragon Lords, if only by default: most species in the setting cannot make the necessary sounds, and all living dragons (except Bellusdeo, but she is a special case in several ways) are members of the imperial court. |
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Princesses of the Pizza Parlor: In Banquets and Other Social Disasters, Baragocci has been conquered by the Palachkit, who have their own language that's not the Common Tongue, called "East Palach". | |
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