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==Language== Swift presents a number of Lilliputian words and phrases, and further states that the official languages of Lilliput and Blefuscu are about as far apart as typical European languages. Arbuthnot explains further that Blefuscu originally had its own language and an extensive literature, but during the period when it occupied Lilliput, the Blefuscudian language was much altered by contact with Lilliputian. Blefuscudian remained an old language of scholarship.<ref>Arbuthnot, p. 9</ref> In [[T. H. White]]'s sequel, ''[[Mistress Masham's Repose]]'', the protagonist Maria studies the Lilliputian language from a book owned by her professor friend. This is a rare copy of Gulliver's 1735 treatise: ''A General Description of the Empire of Lilliput, from its first Erection, through a long Series of Princes; with a Particular Account of their Wars and Politicks, Laws, Learning, & Religion, their Plants and Animals, their peculiar Manners and Customs, with other Matters very curious and useful, to which is added a Brief Vocabulary of their Language, with its English Correspondencies''.<ref>{{cite book |title=[[Mistress Masham's Repose]] |last=White |first=T. H. |author-link=T. H. White |year=1946 |page=36}}</ref> In Winterfeld's sequel, English has become the official language, due to a decision of the Council of the Island in 1751.<ref>Winterfeld, p. 71</ref>
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