Modern Languages
Languages of Man
Linguistic Group | Subgroup | Language | Precursor | Primary Language Of | Secondary In |
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Tirrith/Ascadian |
Kurno-Uldennic | Modern Uldennic | Middle Uldennic/Middle Maghar | Uldenor | Valte |
Modern Valtan | Middle Valten/Middle Maghar | Valte |
The Ahrimid Empire | ||
Uldennic-Ascadian | Modern Orendish | Middle Orendish | Obrith | Kurland, Varland | |
Brinnish | Modern Brinnish | Middle Brinnish | Brinn | Obrith, Geldre | |
Geldric | Middle Brinnish | Geldre |
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Tirrith-Ascadian | Tirsh | Middle Tirsh | Tirrith | Holburg, Dennoth | |
Dennish | Middle Dennish | Dennoth | Tirrith | ||
Avilan-Ascadian | Modern Ascadian | Middle Ascadian |
The Ascadian Empire | Brinn, Obrith, Tirrith, Dennoth, the Ahrimid Empire | |
Ahrimid | |||||
Juni |
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- Common: spoken by just about everyone; official language of the Kingdom of the Sword.
- Juni: unique to the Juniae.
- Ahrimic: unique to the Ahrimids.
- Elvish: spoken by all elves.
- Dark Elvish: a "low tongue" usually known only to Dark Elves.
- Dwarvish: spoken by all dwarves.
- Draconic: spoken by all dragons.
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To take any language requires a feat, as usual. However, you can learn two languages with one feat, as long as you already know one language from the same group for both chosen languages.
- Tirrith/Ascadian Languages
- Ascadian is the Court Tongue, and thus the lingua franca of the Court of the Oath. The most commonly-spoken tongue in Oathkeep is Uldennic, the native language of the King. All of these languages derive from Old Ascadian, which is actually a language incorporating elements of Old Tirrith atop Old Ascadian, and was the dominant language of the First Kingdom. It is not particularly hard for a native speaker of any of these languages to understand basic ideas expressed in another.
- Ahrimid Languages
- Juni Languages
- Hin is the most widely-spoken language outside the Junean Holds, and the Hin are also the most widely-traveled folk (thus most adventurers are likely to be Hin).