Languages

Many languages exist on Lieterra. For fun and frustration, we've used Earth languages as equivalents. Don't read into them too much, they don't make total sense.

Abyssal: https://lingojam.com/RunicTranslator

Akeph Cant: A broken form of Thieves Cant that Akeph and some the crew have learned as their own language.

Celestial: Greek

Common: English

Elven: French

Deep Speech: Finnish

Draconic: Spanish

Dwarven: Swedish

Giant: Swahili or Zulu (pending approval by Zavek)

Gnoll: Somali

Gnomish: German

Goblin: Russian

Halflngs: Italian

Infernal: Latin

Merfolk: Xhosa

Orcish: Basque

Primordial: Irish (Side note: Primordial doesn't have a written script that can be recorded with letters. Messages in primordial can be hidden in maps, in the weave of ropes, or in riverbanks, etc., but not on pages.)

Sahuagin: Portuguese

Sylvan: Arabic

Tabaxi: Japanese

Thieve's Cant: a mix of sign language (incompatible with Undercommon), Morse code, and coded language; written language includes symbols and subtle markings (like nicks on the edge of a coin)

Undercommon: American Sign Language

Vedalken: Icelandic