Linguistics

Mortal Tongues
Hobnad Kolmoiy Dobartan Selitian Chon

These five tongues are spoken by all playable mortal races. The basis of these languages were sewn into the Law of the universe, so mortals would always be at least slightly inteligible to each other. While there are dialects of these tongues, enough is similar between each varient for at least basic communication.

The languages come from the mortal armies that fought in the War (there were more than five armies of mortals, but these were the largest factions of survivors)

No race speaks one of these tongues exclusively; a region or realm will favour one language more than the others. For example, Kar'Dell favours Hobnad in the northern continent and Chon in the southern continent.

Trade Languages:
Onthran's tongue: Trade language, named after the Onthran family. Primarily used by giantish creatures, and of course by creatures that trade with giants.

Luceant: A tongue spoken on the Stelea Archipelago, among other places.

Felncine: A trade sign language spoken by underwater dwellers.

Magic Languages:
Draconic: Spoken by Dragons and draconic creatures.

Celestine: Spoken by Angels and other Lawful beings.

Fell: Spoken by Daemons and other Chaotic beings

Primordial (and by extension, Ignan, Auran, Aquan, Terran): Spoken by elementals and elemental beings such as Djinn,

Racial languages:
Heln'akan: An instinctual form of communication, not a formalised language per se. Basically impossible for non-Heln to learn. As it is an instinctual language, it has no written form.

Elven: An immortal tongue, it does not shift because it's primary speakers do not change.

Orcish: The old Orcish tongue has changed; Orcs are being very careful about not letting anyone figure out more than the basics of their language.

Giant speech: Used by Giants. It has a sub-dialect for each kind of giant (Hill, stone, fire, ice, cloud and storm), as well as a diplomatic "tallest tongue" that giants use among themselves for their deeply nuanced internal negotiations.

Other Languages:
Druidic: A code language; not capable of in depth communications.

L337: Nobody speaks l337 anymore.