Talk:Trigedasleng (language)/@comment-68.184.81.151-20141217144627/@comment-25869525-20150108043100

Well, as we know, it's been 97 years. Since the setting in in the mid-Atlantic states, we can assume at least early on, they probably tried to maintain some of the old culture, meaning most people waiting until adulthood (ideally) before having children. So, if we (unrealisticly, considering real world) assume a minimum age of 18 for someone having their first child, that can be 5 generations born since the big war.

But then, not everyone in the real world waits "that long" before having a child. And, in an environment like the grounders have lived in, it's possible if not likely, that waiting to have a baby was not a priority. So, it could be maybe 6 or 7 generations in some cases.

Still, I think 97 years is too soon for a slang dialect to evolve into a whole new language.