Aldira did not adopt an entirely new alphabet or language, as doing so would have completely alienated surrounding populations and eliminated any realistic possibility of exerting dominance over them. Instead, it systematically adapted preexisting alphabets and languages, modifying them according to its ideological and administrative needs. As a result, the Aldiran script felt both distant and familiar: it bore noticeable similarities to Cyrillic and to certain logographic and calligraphic elements associated with Chinese writing, yet it was neither.

  The influence of Russian and Chinese on Aldiran speech was unmistakable, evident in phonetics, grammatical structures, and selected idiomatic patterns. Still, Aldiran was neither Russian nor Chinese. It was a regulated synthesis of both, deliberately engineered to remain partially intelligible to outsiders while being sufficiently distinct to assert cultural and political authority.

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  Language was subjected to ideological purification. Cultural excess, emotional ornamentation, and regional variation were systematically removed. Speech was reduced to necessity. Because complete linguistic uniformity was held as the ideal, the regime actively suppressed slang, dialects, and social registers. No “family language,” “work language,” or “street language” was officially recognized. A single standardized tongue was enforced across public life, education, administration, and ritual.

  Every captured city was renamed as part of a broader effort to erase historical continuity. However, entirely arbitrary names were avoided, as this risked administrative confusion and resistance. New names often retained faint references to geography, phonetics, or historical associations, allowing the population to adapt more easily while still affirming Aldiran linguistic supremacy. Renaming thus functioned not only as erasure, but as controlled replacement.