Your culture or heritage normally indicates the languages your character can speak by default, and your background might give you access to one or more additional languages of your choice. Your native language is usually the standard common language of the area or your species, and you are considered fluent. Other languages are learned at the basic level. If you are trained in a language, it is up to you if you are literate or not. (or based on background).
Languages are usually spoken at three standard levels;
Basic (can communicate basic concepts, heavy accent or poor grammar, INT check in certain situations)
Fluent (can speak normally about most things, slight or no accent)
Expert (can speak like a scholar or a noble)
Advantage/Disadvantage: can be applied in certain situations; elves may be impressed (advantage) with a persuasive conversation from a dwarf spoken in Eladryl, and vice versa. While speaking the basic form of Gaelic during an audience with a pompous noble who speaks it expertly may get you sneered at.
Special cases:
The most prevalent and "common" languages are; Wensharian, Gaelic, Eladryl, Dethek, Duende, and En'daki.
| Standard Languages | Typical Speakers | Notes (script/flavor) |
|---|---|---|
| Language | ||
| Wensharian | Varencian Empire | (standard/English) (runes: Runes New Roman) |
| Anguisian (d) | Anguis Imperium | (standard/Russian) |
| Ancient Wensharian (d) | Scholars, Historians, Arcanes, Nobility | (standard/Kannada) |
| Gaelic | Tuathan Feudal Kingdoms, ?Savahge Coast | (standard/S. Gaelic) |
| King's Gaelic (d) | Mystics, Seers, Prophets, Records, Kyriea | (standard/S. Gaelic) |
| Eladryl (Elven) | Elves, Eladrin | (Zhayad/French) |
| Eldar | Elder Alfar | (Elder Runes/French) |
| Druasian (d) | Shadow Elves | (Barazhad/French) |
| Davek | Giants, Giantkin | (Davek/Norwegian) |
| Jotun | Goliaths | (Davek/Danish) |
| Dethek (Dwarven) | Dwarves, Korsics | (Dethek/German) |
| Duende (Goblin) | Goblins, Hobgoblins, Bugbears | (Infernal/Spanish) |
| En'daki | Ogres, Fomorians, Trolls, Hags, Kromag | (En'daki/Esperanto) |
| Khitani | Atruaghin, Nomads, Kromag (mongolian) | (LTibetan/Mongolian) |
| Sindara (d) | Rakasta, Tabaxi, Leonin (sinhala) | (Clavat/Sinhala) |
| Foreign Languages | ||
| Sindara | Sindh | (Far East/Sinhala) |
| Kamil | Aratur | (Far East/Chinese) |
| Tochi (d) | Shenagowa | (Far East/Korean) |
| Indus (d) | Aztindia | (RK Sanskrit/Hindi) |
| Trade Tongue | Traders, Travelers, Adventurers (basic, usually not written) | (Daedric/Sanskrit) |
| Exotic Languages | Typical Speakers | |
| Abyssal |
Demons, demonic fiend |
(Barazhad/Turkish) |
| Anglic (Old Tongue) | semi-lost language from pre-Wenshar | (standard/Anglic, Old English) (Ultima Runes) |
| Elemental (type/dialect) | Aquan, Auran, Ignan, Terran | (Agatho/Greek) |
| Eternal | Celestials, Infernal fiends, Gods | (Angelic/Latin, DnDInfernal/Latin) |
| Gnomish | semi-lost language of gnomes/scholars | (Agatho/Italian) |
| Iokharic (Draconic) | Dragons, dragonkin, Mystic Creatures | (Iokharic/Arabic) |
| Roduin | Rover/Roduin nomads | (standard/Romanian) |
| Sylvan | Fey and Magical beasts | (Elven Olatic/Irish) |
| Eladryl (d) | Elves, Eladrin | (Zhayad/French) |
| Umbral (d) | Shadow Fey, other denizens of shadow and darkness | |
| Druidic (d) | secret language of druids | (Angerthas/Breton) |
Here are some of the more common scripts that magic in Alfaysia may be annotated in;
