Conlangs in the Apple Original TV+ series FOUNDATION
Posted: Fri Feb 28, 2025 5:43 pm
* In the first two seasons of Foundation: the TV series, there are at least two conlangs; Anacreontic (sp?) and Thespin (?).
In Asimov’s book Anacreon and Thespin were two of the four “planets” (that is, inhabitable stellar systems with at least one major inhabited planet) that surrounded Terminus and thus cut the Empire and the Foundation off from each other.
How much do we Verdurians know about these conlangs?
According to the credits, all conlangs in the show were created by one conlanger, but I forgot her name.
* What (if any) other conlangs in the show were used for more than one conversation and/or for more than two interlocutors?
For instance, did the Cloud Dominion have their own conlang? Did Ignis have its own conlang?
* There was also some linguistic creativity displayed in the diachronic evolution of the languages represented by English (in the English-speaking version of the show!) For instance, for both address and reference, the Cleon emperor was “Empire”. And the monarch of the Cloud Dominion, also, was both addressed and referred to as “Dominion”.
* What else conlangish did anyone notice that I haven’t mentioned yet?
* Was there any conlanging any of us (not including me!) noticed in any other-than-English versions of the series so far?
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About the show, rather than its conlangs;
* I understand Season 3 is now running for users who are subscribed to Apple TV+. Are any Verdurians watching it ?
* I have heard that “they’ve” already started shooting on Season 4. Can anyone confirm ?
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I think/thought this question deserves its own thread.
But if anyone thinks it should have been posted on some other thread, the Mods are welcome to move it!
In Asimov’s book Anacreon and Thespin were two of the four “planets” (that is, inhabitable stellar systems with at least one major inhabited planet) that surrounded Terminus and thus cut the Empire and the Foundation off from each other.
How much do we Verdurians know about these conlangs?
According to the credits, all conlangs in the show were created by one conlanger, but I forgot her name.
* What (if any) other conlangs in the show were used for more than one conversation and/or for more than two interlocutors?
For instance, did the Cloud Dominion have their own conlang? Did Ignis have its own conlang?
* There was also some linguistic creativity displayed in the diachronic evolution of the languages represented by English (in the English-speaking version of the show!) For instance, for both address and reference, the Cleon emperor was “Empire”. And the monarch of the Cloud Dominion, also, was both addressed and referred to as “Dominion”.
* What else conlangish did anyone notice that I haven’t mentioned yet?
* Was there any conlanging any of us (not including me!) noticed in any other-than-English versions of the series so far?
____
About the show, rather than its conlangs;
* I understand Season 3 is now running for users who are subscribed to Apple TV+. Are any Verdurians watching it ?
* I have heard that “they’ve” already started shooting on Season 4. Can anyone confirm ?
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I think/thought this question deserves its own thread.
But if anyone thinks it should have been posted on some other thread, the Mods are welcome to move it!
