Nick Farmer
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Nick Farmer | |
|---|---|
| Occupations | Linguist, writer |
| Known for | Creating Belter Creole |
| Academic background | |
| Education | Rutgers University University of California in Berkeley |
Nick Farmer is an American science fiction writer and linguist based in Oakland, California, United States. He is a polyglot able to speak in 14 languages.[1] He has created 3 constructed languages for science fiction television series: Belter Creole for The Expanse, and Trill and Barzan for Star Trek: Discovery.[2]
Nick Farmer was inspired to become a linguist by his godfather, Kenneth L. Hale, and his mother, respectively a linguistics teacher at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and his student. As a child, he moved a couple of times, getting to grow up with a few different languages and dialects in his surroundings, eventually making him interested in linguistics. He studied linguistics at the Rutgers University and University of California in Berkeley.[2] He also became a polyglot able to speak in 14 languages.[1]