“Language gives us the power to communicate. That makes us different than animals.” 

Here you will find the full list of all languages within the realm. Your race will typically indicate the languages your character can speak by default, and your background might give you access to one or more additional languages of your choice. Using origin manager will permit the changing of your default race.

    • Secret language(s), such as thieves’ cant or the tongue of druids cannot be learned and are restricted to the classes they are given from.

Standard

Language Typical Speakers
Common Humans, Most Creatures
Dwarvish Dwarves
Elvish Elves
Giant Ogres, Giants
Gnomish Gnomes
Goblin Goblinoids
Halfling Halflings
Orc Orcs

Exotic

Language Typical Speakers
Abyssal Demons
Celestial Celestial
Draconic Dragons, Dragonborn
Deep Speech Mind Flayers, Beholders
Infernal Devils
Primordial Elementals
Sylvan Fey
Undercommon Underdark Traders

For more additional exotic languages, research downtime may need to be done in order to find a location of a teacher who is willing to teach.

    • Learning a language from another character removes the requirement of such downtime, but both characters must spend downtime days and lifestyle. The amount of days needed to be spent are equal to the learner’s INT mod.

Some of these languages are actually families of languages with many dialects.

    • For example, the Primordial language includes the Auran (air), Aquan (water), Ignan (fire), and Terran (earth) dialects, one for each of the four elemental planes.
    • Creatures that speak different dialects of the same language can communicate, although brokenly with each other.
    • Simple sentences are somewhat understood. However. the more complex, the more difficult it is to understand.

See the chart for additional languages.

    • If the language is not on the list, it cannot be learned through downtime research.
    • If a character knows a language that is not on the list, s/he may teach it to other characters.
Language Typical Speakers
Albanasinia Abanasinians
Aquan Elementals (Plane of Earth)
Auran Elementals (Plane of Air)
Birdfolk Birdfolk, Humblefolk
Cervan Cervan
Common Sign Language N/A. Not a spoken language (requires hands.)
Daelkyr Denizens of Khyber
Ergot Northern Ergot
Hadozee Hadozee
Hedge Hedges
Ignan Elementals (Plane of Fire)
Istarian Ancient Istarians
Jerbeen Jerbeens
Kenderspeak Kender
Kharolian Inhabitants of the Planes of Dust and Tarsis
Khur Khur
Kothian Minotaurs
Kraul Kraul
Leonin Leonin
Loxodon Loxodons
Mapach Mapachs
Marquesian Inhabitants of The Menagerie Coast
Merfolk Merfolk
Minotaur Minotaur
Naush Ki’Nau Islanders, Inhabitants of the Menagerie Coast
Nerakese Inhabitants of Neraka
Nordmaarian Inhabitants of Nordmaar
Quori Inspired, Kalashtar, Quori
Riedran People of Sarlona
Sahuagin Sahuagins
Solamnic People of Sarlona
Sphinx Sphinxes
Terran Elementals (Plane of Earth)
Thri-Kreen Thri-Kreen Mantis Men
Veldalken Veldalken
Vulpin Vulpins
Zemnian Inhabitants of the Dwendalian Empire