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The following details the languages in Drakomere and provides a summary of what they sound like. Use this for choosing languages and flavor for names of characters and such. | The following details the languages in Drakomere and provides a summary of what they sound like. Use this for choosing languages and flavor for names of characters and such. | ||
== Languages and Proto-Languages == | |||
When you choose a language for your character to gain, choose one of the following fourteen languages. Additionally, you can choose a language you already know (apart from common) and learn the various previous versions of the language, label this as Proto-[insert language]. For example, if you were an extreme scholar of the Elves, you might know all previous forms of the Elvish language, so you would take the Scholar background, take the language Kethie, and take the language Proto-Kethie, so all Kethie you come across, even if it is Ages old, you would be able to read and/or understand it. | When you choose a language for your character to gain, choose one of the following fourteen languages. Additionally, you can choose a language you already know (apart from common) and learn the various previous versions of the language, label this as Proto-[insert language]. For example, if you were an extreme scholar of the Elves, you might know all previous forms of the Elvish language, so you would take the Scholar background, take the language Kethie, and take the language Proto-Kethie, so all Kethie you come across, even if it is Ages old, you would be able to read and/or understand it. | ||
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=== High-Speech === | === High-Speech === | ||
High-Speech is the language of the few Fiends and Celestials of the world, collectively known as Highlings. It is a language of intense and complex grammar, and has complex words with very specific meaning. It uses a large range of sounds and its words often have syllable counts over five. Because of this, it is often seen as the language of science and progress. During the 2nd Epoch, when technology began to develop, High-Speech was used to determine the scientific names of creatures. It has an alphabetic writing system. | High-Speech is the language of the few Fiends and Celestials of the world, collectively known as Highlings. It is a language of intense and complex grammar, and has complex words with very specific meaning. It uses a large range of sounds and its words often have syllable counts over five. Because of this, it is often seen as the language of science and progress. During the 2nd Epoch, when technology began to develop, High-Speech was used to determine the scientific names of creatures. It has an alphabetic writing system. | ||
=== Ìqáalìe === | === Ìqáalìe === | ||
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=== Silvin === | === Silvin === | ||
Silvin, is the language of the Fey. It is a light, floaty language. It has swapped, exchanged, and assimilated words from Elvish. Silvin has an alphabetic writing system because many words both start and end in vowels and consonants, and there are words with multiple vowels between consonants, meaning that an alphabet fits it best. | Silvin, is the language of the Fey. It is a light, floaty language. It has swapped, exchanged, and assimilated words from Elvish. Silvin has an alphabetic writing system because many words both start and end in vowels and consonants, and there are words with multiple vowels between consonants, meaning that an alphabet fits it best. | ||
=== Thieve's Cant === | |||
Thieve's Cant is a secret mix of dialect, jargon, and code that allows you to hide messages in seemingly normal conversation. Only another creature that knows Thieves' Cant understands such messages. It takes four times longer to convey such a message than it does to speak the same idea plainly. In addition, you understand a set of secret signs and symbols used to convey short, simple messages, such as whether an area is dangerous or the territory of a thieves guild, whether loot is nearby, or whether the people in an area are easy marks or will provide a safe house for thieves on the run. | |||