Languages

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

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

Spoken By: Demons and other chaotic evil outsiders

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

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

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

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.

Spoken By: Flying creatures, air-based creatures

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

Spoken By: Boggards

Spoken By: Angels and other good outsiders

The language of angels.

Spoken By: Humans and the other core races

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.

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

Spoken By: Dragons, reptilian humanoids

Used By: Drow

Like Druidic, drow sign language is a secret language.

Spoken By: Herbalists, Druids, Good-aligned Fey

Druidic is a secret language known only to followers of the 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.

Spoken By: Dwarves

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.

Spoken By: Elves, half-elves

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.

Spoken By: Gnolls

Spoken By: Gnomes

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

Spoken By: Bugbears, goblins, hobgoblins

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

Spoken By: Grippli

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.

Spoken By: Fire-based creatures

Also called the “tongue of fire.”

Spoken By: Devils and other lawful evil outsiders

The language of devils is often spoken by evil spirits.

Spoken By: Undead

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

Spoken By: Orcs, half-orcs

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.

Spoken By: Rougarou.

Spoken By: Sphinxes, riddle enjoyers

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.

Spoken By: Tengu

Spoken By: Earth-based creatures

Also called the “tongue of earth.”

Spoken By: Treants

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

Spoken By: Drow, duergar, morlocks, svirfneblin

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

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.