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Belter Creole
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<p>Belter Creole, also simply known as Belter (Belter Creole: <i>lang belta</i>), is a <a href="/facts/Constructed_language/x4Ec5trY">constructed language</a> developed by the <a href="/facts/Linguistics/oQuamvf2">linguist</a> and <a href="/facts/Multilingualism/WgzhSW6h">polyglot</a> <a href="/facts/Nick_Farmer/Pb9Ggt4z">Nick Farmer</a> for <i><a href="/facts/The_Expanse_(TV_series)/0ETwl90U">The Expanse</a></i> television series. In the universe, it was spoken by Belters, inhabitants of the <a href="/facts/Asteroid_belt/YHAq2Eh3">asteroid belt</a> and the moons of <a href="/facts/Solar_System/QIcLSazQ">outer planets</a> of the <a href="/facts/Solar_System/QIcLSazQ">Solar System</a>. </p><p>Farmer was commissioned to create the language during the productions of the first season of the show, between 2014 and 2015. While developing the language, he had modeled it as a <a href="/facts/Creole_language/vrnq31TV">creole</a> based on <a href="/facts/English_language/tpkxGt7b">English</a>, with influence from other languages from all around the world, including <a href="/facts/Romance_languages/TMK4KHI3">Romance languages</a> such as <a href="/facts/Spanish_language/95BgYNfv">Spanish</a>, <a href="/facts/French_language/qe1DnaQh">French</a>, <a href="/facts/Portuguese_language/vr3Fwzw3">Portuguese</a> and <a href="/facts/Italian_language/YXsmvlQG">Italian</a>, <a href="/facts/Germanic_languages/BxAJX3Kf">Germanic languages</a> such as <a href="/facts/German_language/oWaQIDA8">German</a>, <a href="/facts/Dutch_Language/yIB5lbsx">Dutch</a> and <a href="/facts/Swedish_language/1DkSIXkH">Swedish</a>, <a href="/facts/Slavic_languages/b5GaeFx1">Slavic languages</a> such as <a href="/facts/Polish_language/lzpvYDvV">Polish</a>, <a href="/facts/Russian_language/ETXrTgHV">Russian</a> and <a href="/facts/Ukrainian_language/2zDw7rpD">Ukrainian</a>, as well as <a href="/facts/Japanese_language/EEv485a5">Japanese</a>, <a href="/facts/Chinese_language/771ruUY1">Chinese</a>, <a href="/facts/Persian_language/jfUYbHbt">Persian</a>, <a href="/facts/Arabic/A1e66hVV">Arabic</a>, <a href="/facts/Hebrew_language/hqKCSy9d">Hebrew</a>, <a href="/facts/Zulu_language/qzd3p6Yr">Zulu</a> and others. As a result of his work, Farmer had created over 1000 words for his language, adding more to the list if requested by the show's producers and fans. </p>