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* '''Parodied''': The aliens often complain about the absurd grammar of their own language, which is almost identical to [[TakeThat [Insert Target Indo-European Here].]]

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* '''Parodied''': The aliens often complain about the absurd grammar of their own language, which is almost identical to [[TakeThat [Insert [=[Insert Target Indo-European Here].]]Here]=]]].
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* '''Defied''': ???

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* '''Defied''': ???The aliens try to make their language less reminiscient from European languages, thinking that they will confuse humans.



* '''Conversed''': ???

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* '''Conversed''': ???"I wonder why aliens speak [[BlatantLies Indo-European]] langauges."

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'''Basic Trope''': An alien language is grammatically almost identical to the language of the target audience

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'''Basic Trope''': An alien language is grammatically almost identical to the language of the target audienceaudience.



** The inhabitants of Troperius are human, descended from Proto-Indo-Europeans who discovered a wormhole and ended up there.

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** The inhabitants of Troperius are human, HumanAliens, descended from Proto-Indo-Europeans who discovered a wormhole and wormhole, ended up there.there, and evolved much like the various humans of Earth did.



* '''Double Subverted''': in the end it turns out that they were misunderstanding him and if they structurally resemble Indo-European languages
* '''Parodied''': The aliens often complain about the absurd grammar of their language, which is almost identical to [[{{TakeThat}} [Insert Target Indo-European Here]]]
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* '''Double Subverted''': in In the end it turns out that they were misunderstanding him and if they structurally resemble Indo-European languages
languages.
* '''Parodied''': The aliens often complain about the absurd grammar of their own language, which is almost identical to [[{{TakeThat}} [[TakeThat [Insert Target Indo-European Here]]]
Here].]]
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* '''Averted''': the structure of the sentences is totally different from those of the Indo-European languages
* '''Enforced''': "We need an alien language whose structure is easy to remember"
* '''Lampshaded''': the grammatical structures are very similar to those of the Indo-European languages, what were the chances of that happening?
* '''Invoked''': ???

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* '''Averted''': the The structure of the sentences is totally different from those of the Indo-European languages
languages.
* '''Enforced''': "We need an alien language whose structure is easy to remember"
remember."
* '''Lampshaded''': the "The grammatical structures are very similar to those of the Indo-European languages, what were the chances of that happening?
happening?"
* '''Invoked''': ???The aliens had no language, then they made FirstContact with a human who natively spoke an Indo-European language, and when they return to their homeworld, they teach that language to the other inhabitants, who use it as the base for their own language.



* '''Deconstructed''': The [[AliensAreBastards aliens came with warlike intentions]], but once somebody who speaks English figures out their language's grammatical similarity to English, it becomes only a matter of time before humans repel the attack.
* '''Reconstructed''':
** The aliens are so far ahead in their plan of conquest that humans figuring out how to decode their language wouldn't do much good now.
** The aliens began their invasion in a remote place where English isn't yet widespread.
** The aliens ''also'' have languages that are like Finnish, Mandarin, Swahili, and Cree, and [[HidingBehindTheLanguageBarrier they use those to communicate once their English is found out]].



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* '''Parodied''': ???

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* '''Parodied''': ???The aliens often complain about the absurd grammar of their language, which is almost identical to [[{{TakeThat}} [Insert Target Indo-European Here]]]
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* '''Exaggerated''': The language of Planet Troperius is almost perfect English.

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* '''Exaggerated''': The language of Planet Troperius is [[AliensSpeakingEnglish almost perfect English.English]].
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** The aliens come from a [[MulticulturalAlienPlanet multiculural planet]], and the structure of the phrases is variable according to the culture.

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** The aliens come from a [[MulticulturalAlienPlanet multiculural multicultural planet]], and the structure of the phrases is variable according to the culture.
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** the aliens come from a [[MulticulturalAlienPlanet multiculural planet]], and the structure of the phrases is variable according to the culture.

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** the The aliens come from a [[MulticulturalAlienPlanet multiculural planet]], and the structure of the phrases is variable according to the culture.

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* '''Zig Zagged''': the structure varies according to the meaning of the sentence

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** the aliens come from a [[MulticulturalAlienPlanet multiculural planet]], and the structure of the phrases is variable according to the culture.

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* '''Zig Zagged''':
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* '''Zig Zagged''': ???

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* '''Zig Zagged''': the language has a structure similar to that of the Indo-European languages, but it has no verbs and an adjective can mean one thing or another depending on where it is in the Prayer

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* '''Zig Zagged''': the language has a structure similar to that of the Indo-European languages, but it has no verbs and an adjective can mean one thing or another depending on where it is in the Prayer???
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* '''Invoked''': "We need an alien language whose structure is easy to remember"

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* '''Lampshaded''': the grammatical structures are very similar to those of the Indo-European languages, what were the chances of that happening?
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* '''Averted''': ???the structure of the sentences is totally different from those of the Indo-European languages

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** The structures of the sentences (not only with Indo-European languages, but in general with those of planet Earth) are more common throughout the universe than it may seem.



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* '''Double Subverted''': ???in the end it turns out that they were misunderstanding him and if they structurally resemble Indo-European languages



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* '''Exploited''': ???During the FirstContact, translators compare their phrases with those of Indo-European languages.
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* '''Zig Zagged''': ???

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* '''Zig Zagged''': ???the language has a structure similar to that of the Indo-European languages, but it has no verbs and an adjective can mean one thing or another depending on where it is in the Prayer
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* '''Discussed''': ???"This is my thesis, on why the dominant language of Troperius looks like a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centum-Satem_isogloss satem]] version of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proto-Celtic_language Proto-Celtic]] with [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verner%27s_law Verner's law]]."

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* '''Justified''': The inhabitants of Troperius are human, descended from Proto-Indo-Europeans who discovered a wormhole and ended up there.

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** In ages past, aliens enslaved an Indo-European tribe. [[HeWhoFightsMonsters He Who Fought Oppressors]] became oppressive in turn, and the resulting empire dominated the galaxy, and the majority of alien languages today are descended from the language of TheEmpire.

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* '''Inverted''': The inhabitants of Planet Troperius speak a totally alien language even the universal translator can't decipher.

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* '''Justified''': The inhabitants of Troperius are human, descended from proto-Indo-Europeans who discovered a wormhole and ended up there.

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* '''Justified''': The inhabitants of Troperius are human, descended from proto-Indo-Europeans Proto-Indo-Europeans who discovered a wormhole and ended up there.



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** Humans learned Proto-Indo-European from alien precursors.
* '''Subverted''': ???Troperians speak a language that ''looks'' or ''sounds'' Indo-European at first, but the grammar is actually exotic bordering on StarfishLanguage.
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The inhabitants of Planet Troperius speak a language with grammar similar to that of European languages.
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The language of Planet Troperius is almost perfect English.
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The language of Planet Troperius has an unusual grammar, but enough for the universal translator to pick it up.
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The inhabitants of Troperius are human, descended from proto-Indo-Europeans who discovered a wormhole and ended up there.
* '''Inverted''': ???The inhabitants of Planet Troperius speak a totally alien language even the universal translator can't decipher.

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