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I forgot about that, was bordering dreamworld when I saw it.

Inb4 already a post about this I wanted to tackle this in a bit of depth because I find it very interesting and it’s been making me wonder for a good week or so. So here it goes. The question is: How many languages are there in Equestria? Well, let’s tackle this one step at a time. We know despite lack of communication with dragons, Spike is able to speak to the teen dragons easily, and the ponies. This indicates that there may be just one language that everyone speaks. However, there appear to be things that even Twilight is unable to read (ancient scripts? Glyphs?). Furthermore, some beings seem unable to communicate, or just can’t communicate in such ways, such as Winona or the timber wolves. You could say they’re of lower intelligence, but Angel seems perfectly sentient and I’m almost positive timber wolves are further down the line than bunnies. We don’t really know where Zecora is from but her accent and way of talking make it clear she is either not native to whatever language she speaks, or where she is from a place where it is culturally structured differently. Then, there’s the fact that Lotus and Aloe have accents. I can’t quite place it, but I think it’s close to Norwegian (if you’re from wherever the accent is based off of, please don’t kill me). Then again, I listened to it in 240p quality with 10% sound. Whatever the case, it's supposed to be implied that they are foreign, right? Outside of some languages such as English, you will find very little diversification between regions of the same country. In other words, no matter where they're from in that specific country, they will all sound the same. Rainbow Dash can talk to Gilda pretty well, and I don’t feel as if she (Gilda) has an accent, which suggests she’s not an active resident of some other country (Griffon Kingdom is canon, right?) Before anyone wants to bring up Applebloom speaking French, I’m almost positive that that’s OOC. This has been done many times in shows and movies before; such as in Tom and Jerry, where they speak Old English, French, and Italian. Brother Bear, where there’s a Croatian bear, Cars – where there is a Russian car (actually there are several..), and Spongebob, which featured Italian, French, Spanish, and Old English. These sorts of things don’t go to show that the languages actually exist in the Universe, but are used as a plot device or to be funny. In Apple Bloom’s case, I guess French is a cutie-mark worthy talent. Therefore, I would not call it a real language in the show. (also obviously the language we hear (English for most) is really just a translation of something we otherwise wouldn’t understand in the same way we can hear lions speak in the Lion King or the Elites/Grunts/Jackals in the Halo universe). Additionally, I would think that some creatures are unable to mimic the sounds that ponies can produce because of physical limitations (facial/skull structure, tongue length, teeth size and length, jaw distance, etc.) but there could be one that’s able to be spoken by everyone fairly well. (Like how typically, you cannot pronounce Icelandic correctly, but you can pronounce say, German pretty well, and an Icelandic person cannot pronounce Mandarin well, possibly, but can speak German pretty well). I’ve come to two conclusions. Either 1. There is a universal language that everyone speaks OR 2. There is an “ultimate” language spoken amongst everyone (kind of like English/Chinese/French/Spanish/Russian depending on where you are in our world) but individual languages still exist amongst different populations (Such as Griffins, Dragons, weird abominations like Discord, Previous-millenium ponies, possibly other regions of Equestria, Zebras) I’m interested to hear all of your thoughts

Haven't seen Rugrats for years but they nailed they right on target. I think it was a perfect way to handle it so that children could take it.

I'd say pretty dark, I think any animal has the capacity to do such things. If you remember the monsters chasing after apple bloom were obviously going to kill her, I wouldn't think it'd be a stretch to say that equally sentient ponies would if they had to. Now, how often this actually happens, I can't say.

Granny Smith's black-and-white moment definitely seemed like a late 1800s to early 1900s feel, if she was around 100, it would put this around the 90s or so (wasn't DJing popular during this period?) Not to mention the video games are arcade-style, which seems very 90ish. Now before you say "they still have those now" I know, I know..but it's not like you'll find kids on them now as they were back then. The fact that they have cranes and things you'd generally expect halfway or more through the 20th century indicates to me that this is somewhere between 1980 and 1999.

1. I've Got To Find A way 2. A True, True Friend 3. Art of The Dress 4. Find A Pet 5. Becoming Popular 6. Smile 7. The Vinyl song in EQG Promo 8. This Day Aria 9. Love Is In Bloom 10. Winter Wrap Up All of the ones I listed make me feel good.

Well if that's true, and its fair to say she's been in Ponyville half her life, wouldn't she then be 17 or so?

I'd rather be myself than a Mane 6 member, especially Twilight, too much fame for me

quite a few.. AppleDash SoarinDash DinkyBloom (I mean when they're older) DerpyDoctor Some pairs just feel extremely OOC though and I just can't see them happening

I agree with this, but if I was to give a human-ish age for Rainbow Dash i would have to say 19-20