Languages
The normal “Common” language does not exist, together with most racial languages. Several language families, such as “Elven” and “Human” are in actuality culture-based languages that incidentally overlap with species majorities.
Known Languages
The following languages are known to exist. Note that many of these “languages” are actually language families.
Material languages (on Ilfreann):
Elven: Spoken in the Varna region of Clairmont, as well as in Tynntagnial, and parts of the Theocracy
Human: Spoken in the Montfort region of Clairmont, as will as in large parts of Demos and The Theocracy
Undercommon: The lingua france of underground communities, spoken in the mountain ranges separating Demos and Clairmont from The Theocracy, as well as by the Drow near Heisei
Genko: Spoken in the Heisei empire, the kingdom of Zhao, and the surrounding regions
… There are several more culture groups that share a language family among them
Multiplanar languages:
Draconic: Lingua franca of arcane spellcasters, especially good in expressing abstractions and intricate interlocking patterns
Druidic: Secret language of the druids
Sylvan: A family of languages used by the Fey, as well as those aligning themselves with such entities
Outer languages
Celestial: Spoken by Angels and other good outsiders, as well as those aligning themselves with such entities
Abyssal: Spoken by Demons, and many other chaotic evil outsiders, as well as those aligning themselves with such entities. This language lends itself well to expressing nuances of anger, danger and strength, and can only express most positive emotions couched in terms of disdain.
Infernal: Spoken by Devils, and many other lawful evil outsiders, as well as those aligning themselves with such entities. This language lends itself well to expressing complex legal constructions, as well as very specific logical with exacting detail.
Elemental (or Inner) languages:
Terran: Elemental plane of Earth based language, mostly spoken by earth-based creatures
Aquan: Elemental plane of Water based language, mostly spoken by water-based creatures
Ignan: Elemental plane of Fire based language, mostly spoken by fire-based creatures
Auran: Elemental plane of Air based language, mostly spoken by air-based creatures
Specialized languages1):
Exotic languages2):
Eldar: An ancient language that appears to be the common root of Elven, Undercommon, and possibly Genko
Shadow Eldar: An ancient language with a script that uses relief-based glyphs instead of color-based glyphs, related to Eldar but different enough to produce texts that cannot be understood by those proficient in Eldar
Hexonal: (“Zeshoeks”) An ancient script related to the ancient red and white ruins found on multiple planes, the script is based on triangular base glyphs that can be arranged in geometric patterns