Languages

 

Languages                            Notes

Deceiver's Cant                    Used by the Deceiver's cult of Kina

D'loc-Aloc                             Jungle region between the North and South

Finger Speech                       A standardized language used among the deaf

Forsberger                             A common northerner tongue

Gea-Xle                                  City between D'loc-Aloc and the Third Cataract

Groghor                                 A dying language of the north, whose people are no more, wiped out during the                                   Consolidation wars of the Lady's Empire.

Jewel Cities                           A common tongue among many of the coastal cities on the Seas of Terror

Jewel Cities (ancient)           The primogenitor of the Jewel Cities language

Jewel Cities, Opal                 The dialect used by cmmoners in Opal

Juniper                                   The common tongue of Juniper

K'Hlata                                   Language of the plains folk south of D'loc-Aloc

Meadenvil                             A dialect of Juniper

Nyeung Bao                          Tongue of the Nyeung Bao

Old Tongue                           An ancient language of the south, likely originating beyond the Plain

Roi                                          The tongue of the Roi nomads

Rosean                                   The tongue of the city-state Roses

Sangel Dialects                     Variety of languages used south of the Dandha Presh mountains

Shadowlander                       Tongue of those who serve the Shadowmasters

Taglian, Low                         Vulgate tongue of Taglios

Taglian, High                        Tongue of Taglios used exclusively by the Gunni

TelleKurre                             Tongue of the Dominator's empire, also called KurreTelle

UchiTelle                               An ancient vulgate of TelleKurre

Voroshk                                 Tongue spoken in the former land of Khatovar, similar to Juniper.

 

Fluency                                  Modifiers to research and social situations

Poor                                        -8 (this includes using a translator of good or fair fluency)

Fair                                         -4 (this includes using a translator of good or fair fluency)

Good                                      +0

Mastery                                 +2

 

If dealing with a language using dialects, if you know a certain language, you have a -1 fluency ranking to language dialects splintering off of the languages you know.

 

When you purchase a rank of Speak Language, you gain a number of language points (lps) equal to 1 + intelligence modifier.  Each language point can be used to purchase a rank of fluency (or buying literacy in a language).