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|valign="top"|Evolved from high elven, very similar to it. More simplistic and containing adaptations of words from the countries surrounding Walstad. | |valign="top"|Evolved from high elven, very similar to it. More simplistic and containing adaptations of words from the countries surrounding Walstad. | ||
|valign="top"|[[Walstad]], Most elves in [[Nuln]] | |valign="top"|[[Walstad]], Most elves in [[Nuln]] | ||
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| + | |valign="top"|Elven (Wild) | ||
| + | |valign="top"|Evolved from high elven, quite different from it. Speakers of the two will understand half of each other. | ||
| + | |valign="top"|[[Banato]] | ||
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|valign="top"|A drawn out and chaotic language, often mistaken for babbling. | |valign="top"|A drawn out and chaotic language, often mistaken for babbling. | ||
|valign="top"|Laviege Cults, Demons, Laviege, some undead. | |valign="top"|Laviege Cults, Demons, Laviege, some undead. | ||
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|valign="top"|Flamman | |valign="top"|Flamman | ||
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| + | |valign="top"|Ritualistic Tongue of deep Banato, mostly used by shamans or during ceremonies. Very rarely heard outside of the Deshuto jungle. | ||
| + | |valign="top"|[[Banato]] | ||
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Current revision as of 03:45, 26 August 2011
List of Known Languages
| Language | Description | Spoken by | Alphabet |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aquan | Dense but flowing language, rarely heard. | Water elementals, Water maidens, Mulinel and some of her worshippers. | Elven |
| Auran | Wispy language of sudden starts and stops. Very rare. | Air Elementals, Ragnae, few of her worshipers. | Elven. |
| Celestian | A blunt but noble tongue. | The Celestial Capital and residents, sometimes learned by clerics of one of the trinity. | Riscanan |
| Draconic | Once used by the dragons in meetings between them. Carried on by their descendants. Evolved from arcane chants. | Dragonkin, Dragons, some practitioners of the arcane. | Arcane |
| Dwarven (Tyren) | Language used by Tyren dwarves within the mountain holds. Rarely heard outside unless two such dwarves meet. | Tyren Dwarves | Runic |
| Elem | Evolved from and is very similar to Kaltian, speakers of the two languages can often understand 80% of each other. | Elem | Kaltian |
| Elven (high) | Wordy but beautiful sounding language. | Leyandra, some residents of Banato (mostly Durmlon) and Walstad | Elven |
| Elven (sylvan) | Evolved from high elven, very similar to it. More simplistic and containing adaptations of words from the countries surrounding Walstad. | Walstad, Most elves in Nuln | Elven |
| Elven (Wild) | Evolved from high elven, quite different from it. Speakers of the two will understand half of each other. | Banato | Elven |
| Elven (Ice) | Evolved from a very old version of High Elven. Incomprehensible in either direction in modern times. | Ice Elves. | Runic |
| Ethereal | A drawn out and chaotic language, often mistaken for babbling. | Laviege Cults, Demons, Laviege, some undead. | Runic |
| Flamman | Quick and harsh language. Rare. | Fire Elementals, Fianna, some forges use it for terminology. | Elven |
| Gigan | Language of the giant kingdoms in the frozen north. | Giants, Ogres, some Ice Elves | Runic |
| Gnome (Land) | Language of land gnomes, a pleasant if meandering language. | Land Gnomes, most Sea Gnomes. | Gnomish |
| Gnome (Sea) | Evolved from the land Gnome tongue. Very fast paced language. Even sea gnomes have difficulty deciphering this, so if the message is important, often the land version will be used instead. | Sea Gnomes, Engineers. | Very rarely used in writing as most sea gnomes feel their own need to improve upon the alphabet. Mostly incomprehensible except to the gnome who wrote it and any he has told how to read it. |
| Kaltian | Eclectic Tongue that is an amalgamation of many sub-dialects. Abrupt changes in word origins often leads to harsh tones. | Kaltias common tongue, though regional dialects of it are used more often, depending on the district in question. | Kaltian |
| Nuln | Evolved from old Riscanan, mixes and adapts many elven words. Still, the two languages are at least 60% comprehensible to each other. | Nuln, has become more common in use among Walstad border towns. | Riscanan |
| Ohnben | Evolved independently from an old Kaltian dialect. Very far from modern Kaltian and mostly incomprehensible to Kaltian speakers. | Ohnben clans. | Kaltian |
| Ruklan | Language of the Blackthrone. Cold and stern in tone. | Devils, some Worshippers of Valgamoor, Kali, and Juran. | Ruklan |
| Riscanan | Language of Riscana. Stately and Honorable. | Riscana, many of Nuln | Riscanan |
| Terran | Slow and bold tongue. Very rare. | Earth elementals, Terrema, some of her worshipers. | Elven |
| Wilden | Ritualistic Tongue of deep Banato, mostly used by shamans or during ceremonies. Very rarely heard outside of the Deshuto jungle. | Banato | Wilden |
