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** Also, according to [[Word of God]], literacy within the setting is unusually high due to the Printing Press being one of the few technologies to survive the Breaking of the World. Cuts down on linguistic drift a bit.

* ''[[Discworld]]'' (specifically, said by Lord Vetinari, in ''[[Discworld/Jingo|Jingo]]''):

{{quote| "And Morporkian is something of a lingua franca even in the Klatchian empire. When someone from Hersheba needs to trade with someone from Istanzia, they will undoubtedly haggle in Morporkian."}}

{{quote|"And Morporkian is something of a lingua franca even in the Klatchian empire. When someone from Hersheba needs to trade with someone from Istanzia, they will undoubtedly haggle in Morporkian."}}

* In the ''[[Foundation]]'' series everyone speaks Galactic Standard, albeit with some dialects.

* The characters in [[Tamora Pierce|Tamora Pierce's]] [[Tortall Universe]] novels, most characters speak a language called Common. In the [[Circle of Magic]] universe, characters in different countries speak different languages, but everyone also seems to know how to speak Imperial.