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The English language is derived from Pokemon.
People have discussed before that Pokemon always say their names. How do the Pokemon know what their names are? They don't. Most likely, people named the Pokemon after their battle cries.This brings up the disturbing thought that a number Pokemon cries are terrible puns. Bulbasaur for a dinosaur with a plant bulb on its back? Charmander for a fire breathing salamander? And these things actually say their names? Give me a break. This could not occur in nature. Unless...
The only possibility is that in the Pokemon world, English is derived from Pokemon language and attributes. Other languages would be the same process, but alternate interpretations of Pokemon sounds.
This also explains why more recently discovered Pokemon have less punny names.
Oh, they do, just in different languages. So English ain't the only language that Pokemon helped create.
There is a flaw in saying Pokemon are named after their cries, as not all pokemon say their name. Krabby's cry is 'Koo-kee', Staryu's is 'H-YA!', and Starmie has it's strange cooing sound.
Say instead, then, that Pokemon species start out with a "cry" that is appropriate for their apparent species...but in associating with humanity, and instinctively trying to communicate better with their trainers, their cry "morphs" into the human name for them, which gets hardwired into the next generation. Krabby is halfway there; originally its cry was just a bunch of clicks, and "kookee" is as close as it can come to "krabbee" now. In 20-30 years, it will finally achieve the "r" and the "b" sounds, and the first vowel will go from "ooo" to "uh" to "ah" to the flat "aa" of Krabby.
