From the rise of artificial intelligence and speaking robots, to brain implants and computer-facilitated telepathy, language and communications experts Philip Seargeant surveys the development of new digital 'languages', such as emojis, animated gifts and memes, and investigates how conventions of spoken and written language are being modified by new trends in communication. From George Orwell's fictional predictions in Nineteen Eighty-Four to the very real warnings of climate activist Greta Thunberg, Seargeant explores language through time, traversing politics, religion, philosophy, literature, and technology. Tracing how preview eras have imagined the future of language, from the Bible to the works of H. G. Wells, and from Star Wars to Star Trek, the book reveals how perfecting language and communication has always been a vital component of utopian dreams of the future. Questioning the potential ramifications of recent and future developments in communication on society and its ideas, The Future of Language is a no-holds-barred investigation into the state of civilization and the impact that changes in language could have on our lives.