I woke up just like I do every day, thinking everything was normal. But when I turned on the TV, I saw that everyone was speaking Turkish—even the international news anchors. For us, it was great; everything was easy to understand. For the rest of the world, however, it was a disaster.
People tried to speak their native tongues, only to realize they couldn’t. It was as if everyone had suddenly forgotten their own languages. Soon, the entire world was scrambling to learn Turkish. It wasn’t easy for everyone, though some picked it up surprisingly fast. Consequently, Turkish teachers began making a fortune during the crisis. Even the world’s top scientists were baffled; they couldn’t find a single explanation for the phenomenon.
However, there was one exception: a person who had been in a coma when the shift happened. He was the only one who still understood other languages. The problem? He was only one year old.
His vocabulary was limited to “goo-goo” and “ga-ga.” When the scientists found him, they recorded every sound he made, desperate for a breakthrough. The child babbled random things, but the scientists—convinced they had rediscovered the lost languages—began communicating using his random sounds.
And just like that, a strange new world began.