====== Languages ======

Below is a collection of common languages for most campaign settings.

=== Aboleth ===

**Spoken By:** Aboleth and other deep sea (aquatic) aberrations

=== Abyssal ===

**Spoken By:** Demons and other chaotic evil outsiders

//The language of demons, Abyssal is often spoken by evil spirits.//

=== Aklo ===

**Spoken By:** Derro, inhuman or otherworldly monsters, evil fey

//This ancient tongue is spoken by strange eldritch entities, and certain ancient beings.//

=== Aquan ===

**Spoken By:** Aquatic and water-based creatures

//The so-called “tongue of the sea” is spoken primarily in the sunken nation of the locathahs— those who trade frequently with the ocean empires often speak this tongue as well.//

=== Auran ===

**Spoken By:** Flying creatures, air-based creatures

//A soft-spoken, breathy language, also known as the “tongue of the heavens.”//

=== Boggard ===

**Spoken By:** Boggards

=== Celestial ===

**Spoken By:** Angels and other good outsiders

//The language of angels.//

=== Common ===

**Spoken By:** Humans and the other core races

=== Cyclops ===

**Spoken By:** Cyclops and their kin.

//Once the ancient language of the giants, this tongue was created before the rise of humanity by the cyclopes.//

=== Dark Folk ===

**Spoken By:** Dark creepers, dark slayers, and dark stalkers (creatures of the Dark Folk subtype.)

=== Draconic ===

**Spoken By:** Dragons, reptilian humanoids

=== Drow Sign Language ===

**Used By:** Drow

//Like Druidic, drow sign language is a secret language.//

=== Druidic ===

**Spoken By:** Herbalists, Druids, Good-aligned Fey

//Druidic is a secret language known only to followers of the [[paths:nature_path|Path of Nature]]. It is a free language for them; that is, it doesn’t take up a language slot. They are forbidden to teach this language to others, and this language has its own alphabet.//

=== Dwarven ===

**Spoken By:** Dwarves

=== D’ziriak ===

**Spoken By:** D’ziriak

//The insectoid d’ziriak language consists of buzzes and chitters. It is an obscure one known by few outside their race.//

=== Elven ===

**Spoken By:** Elves, half-elves

=== Giant ===

**Spoken By:** Cyclops, ettins, giants, ogres, trolls

//This brutish tongue and its numerous minor variants are spoken in any region where the wrath of giants is known.//

=== Gnoll ===

**Spoken By:** Gnolls

=== Gnomish ===

**Spoken By:** Gnomes

//This language is a sub-dialect of Sylvan, and is infamous for creating increasingly convoluted words to describe very specific things.//

=== Goblin ===

**Spoken By:** Bugbears, goblins, hobgoblins

//The official language of hobgoblins, this dialect is similar to the goblin tongue.//

=== Grippli ===

**Spoken By:** Grippli

=== Halfling ===

**Spoken By:** Halflings

//The tongue of Halflings is known to have a unique drawl, and nearly every phrase carries a different innuendo depending on the borough in which it is being used.//

=== Ignan ===

**Spoken By:** Fire-based creatures

//Also called the “tongue of fire.”//

=== Infernal ===

**Spoken By:** Devils and other lawful evil outsiders

//The language of devils is often spoken by evil spirits.//

=== Necril ===

**Spoken By:** Undead

//An ancient language of the dead, this whispering tongue is shared among undead and is also often associated with necromancy.//

=== Orc ===

**Spoken By:** Orcs, half-orcs

=== Protean ===

**Spoken By:** Proteans, and other chaotic extraplanar entities

//Like the proteans chaotic nature, the protean language itself is mutable, evolving so quickly that few outsiders can understand it without magical aid.//

=== Rougarou ===

**Spoken By:** Rougarou.

=== Sphinx ===

**Spoken By:** Sphinxes, riddle enjoyers

=== Sylvan ===

**Spoken By:** Centaurs, fey creatures, plant creatures, unicorns

//The language of the fey. It has a melodic and rhythmic form, and is difficult to speak without it sounding like a quiet tune to others.//
 
=== Tengu ===

**Spoken By:** Tengu

=== Terran ===

**Spoken By:** Earth-based creatures

//Also called the “tongue of earth.”//

=== Treant ===

Spoken By: Treants

//A very slow-spoken language, and one largely unknown outside of Treants themselves.//

=== Undercommon ===

**Spoken By:** Drow, duergar, morlocks, svirfneblin

//This language is derived from an ancient combination of Elven and even older tongues.//

=== Vegepygmy ===

**Used By:** Vegepygmies

//Vegepygmy is not exactly a spoken language since vegepygmies cannot speak. They communicate via a crude language of rhythmic taps, beats, and clicks.//