New Standard Vespian

New Standard Vespian, also known as Standard Vespian or Basic Vespian is the predominate language of the Vespian species, and the official language of the Unified Vespian Directorate. It is the descendant of the ancient human language known as English, and was spoken by the bulk of humanity before the Vespian Exodus in 0 NE. The language is known as "New" Standard Vespian after it replaced the previous dominant language, Old Vespian, though it has been in use within Vespian society since its formation some twelve thousand years ago. Thus, it is considered the "new standard" language of the Vespian people and government.

Vespian is spoken by well over 108 quadrillion people, and has a history going back some twelve thousand years, with the first known speakers having originated on the planet of Earth. The language itself is no different from, the language spoken by Mikael O'Neill, the father of the Vespians. The language was simply standardized for the Vespians due to the possibility of dialects and more divergent forms of the language from appearing within the Vespian population over time. It should be noted that Vespian also incorporates some words and phrases from the ancient language known as, which O'Neill was very fond of learning in his youth, and became Old Vespian following the exodus.

Basic Vespian has since served its purpose well, being unique in that in the twelve thousand years of its existence, the language consists of only a handful of dialects, descendants, and ancestor languages, just as intended, and has only been expanded to provide words and terms for new ideas and objects. As a whole, Basic Vespian is modeled after O'Neill's own dialect of English back on Earth, known as. The government of Vespia consistently updates the lexicon database for the language, ensuring that all Vespians are up-to-date on the proper manner in which to speak the language. However, given the relatively limited shared consciousness of the species, some believe the updates to be redundant.

History
According to the oldest existing historical documents of the Vespians, New Standard Vespian has existed for millennia, predating their society by several centuries. Originating on the planet of Earth, the English language had been in existence since at least 6,000 years up until the point it was spoken by the Vespians shortly before their exodus in 0 NE.

Writing system
The Mikaean alphabet consists of 24 alphabets divided into five vowels and nineteen consonants. The Mikaean script was designed to replace the Latin alphabet commonly used by humans speaking the language at the time the Mikaean script was designed. All vowels within the language are immediately visible as by half the size of consonants, and raised to the upper-half of the consonant in terms of placement.