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National Langauges & Human Language Families

Nation Lan guages Spoken / Notes
A'ha'Kacili Sair'a'cili (The tongue of the tents )
Sair'Kacili 30% (The tongue of God's tents)
Rogizini 25% Gomese 25%
Shandar 10%
A'korchu Korchi
Fomorian 10% Dirlla 10% Djani 10%
Goidanese 10% Kolari 10% No'reas 10%
Aratad Confederacy Aratad
Fomorian 5% Salaqi 20% La'Ced 20%
Shandar 5% Portan 5% Gomese 20%
Zarunese 25% Rogizini 5% Donaran 20%
Marentian 20% Dechan 5% Irava 5%
Bhamoti 20%
Bai'sani Balas
Dechan 30% (20%) Cerulean 20% (40%)
Rogizini 5% (10%)

NOTE - The language set in parentheses is used by the Col'ka.

The Assiran Assiran
Helva 10% Valhani 30%
Ghiamem 5% Kameri 20%
Ba'raul Ba'ru
Marentian 50% Zen'dali 30% Bhamoti 15%
L'p'nth 10% Sarghut 5% Helva 5%
Rizeeli 5%
Bhamotin Bhamoti
Climan 5% Gomese 5% Fomorian 10%
Cerulean 10% Donaran 10% La'Ced 10%
Aratad 15% Rogizini 20% Marentian 25%
Rizeeli 40%
Caldo Caldan
Zen'dali 5% Dwarf Elder 50% Donaran 20%
So'reas 10% Dirlla 15% Djani 25%
Salaqi 15% Kazi 40% No'reas 10%
Empire of Ced La'Ced
Aratad 20% Zarunese 10% Salaqi* 30%
Donaran 10% Climan 10%
Cerulean Empire Cerulean
Balas 10% Dallazi 20% Katai 30%
Dechan 5% Bhamoti 10% Patani 30%
Dhalrani 40% L'p'nth 10% Teosa 10%
Fomorian 5% Rogizini* 30%
*The Dominant language in the Satrapy of Ba'shan
Chiros La'Ced 60% Donaran 50% Aratad 20%
Salaqi 60% Climan 20%
Choshai Katai
Kll'maun 35%*
Chunrey Chunai
Dawanese 10% Fomorian 10% Katai 40%
Lemasan 10% Cerulean 5% Taolisan 10%
Teosan 10%
Clima Climan
Shandar 5% Salaqi 30% La'Ced 15%
Kolari 5% Bhamoti 5% Rogizini 5%
Gomese 5% Fomorian 5% Donaran 5%
Marentian 5%
Confederation of Shanda
Donaran 40% (20%) Shandar 25% (100%)
Fomorian 10% (25%) Bhamoti 30% (10%)
Ja'xon 20% (20%) Sair'a'cili 5% (40%)
Marentian 30% (10%) Gomese 15% (5%)

NOTE - The percentage in parentheses are used by the A'chalani.

Dawana Dawanese
Fomorian 20% Taolisan 10% Chunai 15%
Katai 10% Lemasan 50%
Eastern Tongues 5% (qv Lemasa)
Dechat Dechan 80% Balas 20% Cerulean 25%
Matan 10% Portan 5% Teosan 5%
Sair'a'cili 15% Rogizini 20% Fomorian 10%
Dillar Dirlla
Korchi 5% Fomorian 10% No'reas 10%
Djani 10% Caldan 15% Trean 10%
So'reas 40% Kazi 10% Goidanese 20%
Djakschil Djakschi
Djanesborg Djani
Goidanese 5% (60% for natives of Sokkvabbek)
Dirlla 5% Caldan 15% No'reas 20%
Donara Donaran 80% Xianese 20% Salaqi 30%
Caldan 5% Gomese 5% Kazi 5%
La'Ced 10% E'lici 20% Aratad 10%
The Fierazi Tribes So'reas 100% (A, NA, N, I)
No'reas 100% (TA, RA, EN, NI)
Djani 10% (20% for EN, NI)
Kazi 5% (15% for A, N, I)
Dirlla 5% (30% for A)
Zen'dali 5% (10% for I, RA, NI)
Caldan 5% (20% for N, TA, EN)
Korchi 0% (10% for A, Nethagen)
Trean 0% (10% for A)
[The clan groups like A, TA, etc.]
The Fomorian Empire
Aredan Fomorian Shurani 30%
Ashudan Fomorian Shurani 5% Cerulean 10%
Matan 5% Rogizini 10% Dechan 5%
Atler Fomorian Korchi 10% Kolari 30%
Goidanese 5% Dirlla 10%
Kingdom of The East
Fomorian 70% Dawanese 5% Cerulean 10%
Lemasan 20% Chunai 15% Katai 50%
Taolisan 5% Teosan 5%
Fomoria Fomorian Goidanese 10% Dirllaran 25%
Korchi 5% Shandar 20% Kolari 20%
Matan 20% Climan 15% Bhamoti 15%
Rogizini 15% Nylasa 15% Teosan 15%
Katai 15% Chunai 15% Lemasan 15%
Marentian 15% Dechan 15% Donaran 15%
Kingdom of the Islands Fomorian
Goidanese 10% Dirllaran 25% Korchi 5%
Shandar 20% Kolari 20% Matan 20%
Climan 15% Bhamoti 15% Rogizini 15%
Nylasa 15% Teosan 15% Katai 15%
Chunai 15% Lemasan 15% Marentian 15%
Dechan 15% Donaran 15%
Musira Fomorian
Donaran 5% Kolari 10% Gomese 20%
Shandar 20%
Port Doman Fomorian 80% Sair'a'cili 5%
Gomese 20% Izza 30% Nylasa 60%
Shestar Fomorian Sair'a'cili 5%
Nylasa 10% Ro'babzan 20% Kiraza 50%
Izza 5%
Vahear Fomorian Bhamoti 5% Cerulean 5%
Teosan 10% Rogizini 5% Dechan 20%
Matan 5%
Xan Fomorian Marentian 5% Bhamoti 10%
Donaran 20% Korchi 5% Shandar 10%
Kolari 25% Climan 5% Aratad 5%
Gomese 15% Dirlla 5%
The Ghazai Ghazai Sair'a'cili 5%
Fomorian 10% Gomese 15%
Mopazi 10% Timbaza 25%
Nylasa 5%
The Ghiamen Ghiam Assiran 5%
Kameri 5% No'reas 5%
Goidan Goidanese Dirllaran 20%
Trean 5% Fomorian 10%
Armani* 20% Korchi 10%
Shandar 10% Kolari 25%
*Armani is the native tongue of the Armagh. It is not related to any other tongue. The Armagh only use it among themselves. It is a civilized tongue with a written form.
Gom (Xiam) Gomese Donaran 10%
Marentian 5% Fomorian 20%
Shandar 10% Rogizini 5%
Climan 20% Bhamoti 5%
Aratad 5% Sair'a'cili 15%
La'Ced 5% Kolari 5%
Nylasa 10% Ghazai 5%
Ro'babzan 5%
The Helva Helva
The Humagi Helva
The Ipanza Yapanza Rhuselska 10%
Novarischi 20%
Iravoy Irava La'Ced 30%
Zarunese 20% Aratad 20%
The Izza Izza Fomorian 50%
Mopazi 15% Nylasa 10%
Ja'xon Ja'xon Gomese 90%
Fomorian 5% Marentian 5%
Sair'a'cili 20% Donaran 10%
Shandar 40% Rogizini 5%
Bhamoti 5%
The Kakana Kakana
The Kalem Kalem Kakana 25%
Shandar 20% Sair'a'cili 10%
The Kameran Kameri Ghiam 5%
Valhani 10% Zen'dali 15%
Assiran 20%
Katai Katai
Lower Katai
Katai 100% Chunai 30%
Fomorian 15% Cerulean 10%
Taolisan 5% Teosan 5%
Lemasan 5%
Middle Katai
Katai 100% Chunai 15%
Fomorian 5% Cerulean 5%
L'p'nth 5% Sarghut 5%
Upper Katai
Katai 100% Chunai 10%
Sarghut 10% Bayan 10%
Zen'dali 5% Kll'maun 5%

NOTE - Areas within 400 miles of the city of Katai are Middle Katai. Areas south of this are Lower Katai. Areas to the north are Upper Katai. Most people in Katai fall into the Middle Katai category.

The Kazi Kazi So'reas 10%
Dirllaran 10% Zen'dali 20%
Caldan 40% Djani 5%
Kirazan Kiraza Fomorian 10%
Rogizini 10% Sair'a'cili 25%
Nylasa 15% Ro'babzan 40%
Gomese 10% Matan 10%
The Kll'maun Kll'maun Sarghut 5%
Katai 5%
The Kolari Kolari/Kolaro Climan 0% (10%)
Fomorian 5% (20%) Goidanese 10% (5%)
Korchi 15% (5%)

NOTE - The values in parentheses are used for the Kolaro.

Lemasa Lemasan Katai 10%
Taolisan 20% Dawanese 20%
Fomorian 25% Chunai 5%
Eastern Tongues* 15%
*The languages of the three nations that Lemasa has trade ties with. Lemasa restricts knowledge of the existence of these people and very little is known about them, except by Lemasan scholars and traders.
L'p'nth L'p'nth Marentian 5%
Katai 5% Cerulean 10%
Zen'dali 10% Bhamoti 5%
Ma'helas Matan Fomorian 5%
Shurani 5% Dechan 15%
Rogizini 5% Sair'a'cili 10%
Robari 30% Cerulean 5%
Ro'babzan 5%
Marentia Marentian Gomese 10%
Ba'ru 10% Bhamoti 15%
Donaran 5% Rogizini 10%
Zen'dali 25% L'p'nth 5%
La'Ced 10%
The Mopazi Mopazi Fomorian 10%
Ghazai 10% Izza 15%
Nylasa 40%
Nerid La'Ced Rogizini 5%
Climan 10% Salaqi 20%
Zarunese 5% Shandar 5%
Fomorian 10% Bhamoti 5%
Aratad 10% Portan 30%
Dechan 5% Donaran 10%
Marentian 15% Kolari 5%
Gomese 5%
No'mal Dechan Fomorian 20%
Balas 20% Cerulean 25%
Novarask Novarischi 100% (5%)
Rhuselska 15% (60%)
Yapanza 10% (30%)
Djani 5% (20%)

NOTE - Those values in parentheses are used by dwellers in the Lesser City

Nylasa Nylasa 100% (80%) Mopazi 20% ( 0% )
Ro'babzan 10% ( 0%) Gomese 5% (15% )
Fomorian 5% ( 0%) Sair'a'cili 5% (40% )
Dark Tongue* 0% (20%)
*The tongue of the Dark City. It is used by men of the Pa'Nylasa when they speak to another initiate. At other times they use sign language, Nylasa or Sair'a'cili.
The Omavor Omava Kameri 50%
Assiran 10% The Primal Tongue (All Shamans)
Regis Baya Bayan Sarghut 10%
Katai 20% Kll'maun 40%
The Rhuselska Rhuska Djani 5%
Yapanza 10% Novarischi 20%
The Rizeela Rizeeli L'p'nth 5%
Cerulean 5% Marentian 20%
Bhamoti 30%
Ro'babza The Old Tongue 60%*
Native Dialects 80%**
Kiraza 10% Sair'a'cili 5%
Fomorian 5%
* The tongue of the city (Under the Lorcan emperors, The Old Tongue is out of favor. Ro'babzan has been the official language of the nation since the reign of Ali Lorca. The Old Tongue is still used extensively in the city by the noble and merchant classes.
** Each tribe has its own dialect of Ro'babzan. They are related to each other and are not related to The Old Tongue. The dominant native dialects are N'yeta, Zalaziba and Zimmali.
The Robari Robari Fomorian 5%
Rogizini 5% Sair'a'cili 5%
Matan 20%
The Rogizini Empire Rogizini Donaran 5%
Dechan 10% Climan 15%
Marentian 5% Salaqi 10%
Cerulea 20% Fomorian 5%
Bhamoti 5% Sair'a'cili 10%
The Sarghut Sarghut Zen'dali 15%
Katai 10% Helva 10%
Shiben Shazir 80% Climan 10%
Aratad 15% Donaran 40%
La'Ced 20% Salaqi 60% *
Rogizini 5%
*There is a large Salaqi community in Shiben.
Shurikal Shurani Tongue of the Kotothi 5% *
* Members of the Caste of Power & the Shurani Guard speak this tongue. It is the tongue of the elite in this nation.
Taolisa Taolisan Katai 10%
Fomorian 15% Lemasan 20%
Dawanese 30% Chunai 10%
Teos Teosan Taolisan 10%
Katai 10% Cerulean 25%
Fomorian 50% Dechan 5%
Thaliba Thaliban Rogizini ( 5%)
Aratad 5% (15%) La'Ced 5% (10%)
Salaqi 10% Donaran 5% ( 5%)
Zarunese 5% (20%) Kolari (5 %)
Thaban 5% (10%) Portan 5% (60%)
Fomorian 10% Shandar (5 %)
Gomese 5% (10%) Marentian 5% (15%)
Zen'dali 10% Climan 5% (10%)
Bhamoti 5% (5%) Cerulean ( 5%)

NOTE - The values in parentheses are used by natives of Porta.

Thaliban Tribes Thaban Marentian 5%
Zen'dali 10%
Ticasi Salaqi 80% La'Ced 40%
Aratad 40% Donaran 40%
Caldan 40% Climan 40%
So'reas 20% Kazi 20%
Zarunese 20% Zen'dali(W) 20%
Irava 20% Thaban 20%
Thaliban 20% Rogizini 20%
Goidanese 10% Korchi 10%
No'reas 10% Djani 10%
Ghiam 10% Zen'dali(C) 10%
Marentian 10% Bhamoti 10%
Cerulean 10% Balas 10%
Robari 10% Sair'a'cili 10%
Ro'babzan 10% Shandar 10%
Gomese 10% Dirlla 10%
Kolari 10% Trean 10%
Tongue of the Abyss 5% Animal Tongues 5%
Tongue of Darkness 5% Tongue of the Dead 5%
Tongue of Death 5% Tongue of Dvalinn 5%
Dwarf Elder 5% Tongue of the Earth 5%
The Elder Tongue 5% Elder Water Tongue 5%
Elf Sidh 5% Faerry Sidh 5%
Tongue of Fiery Chaos 5% Giant Tongue 5%
Goblin 5% Great Ape 5%
Tongue of Catheta 5% Tongue of the Jinn 5%
Kotothi Tongue 5% Tongue of Light 5%
Ashura's Command 5% The Primal Tongue 5%
Tongue of the Sidh 5% Tonah Tongue 5%
Troll Tongue 5% Tongue of the Wind 5%
Tongue of Young Chaos 5%
Tongue of the Desert 5%
Tongue of Elder Fire 5%
Tongue of Lawful Fire 5%
Tongue of the Blasted Soul 5%
The Timbaza Timbaza Kakana 10%
Ghazai 20% Fomorian 20%
Sair'a'cili 25%
Treaus Trean Elf Sidh 20%
Faerry Sidh 20% The Elder Tongue 10%
Elder Water Tongue 10%
Dwarf Elder 10% Tongue of Elder Fire 10%
Dirlla 40% Korchi 40%
So'reas 40% Caldan 40%
Kolari 40% Goidanese 5%
Fomorian 5% Djani 5%
No'reas 5% Kazi 5%
Donaran 5% Salaqi 5%
Gomese 5% Shandar 5%
Rogizini 5%
Valheim Valhani Kameri 10%
Assiran 30% del'Nord 5% *
*An archaic tongue spoken by religious elders and members of the Society of Teutas. It is a corrupted form of the native tongue of the Empire del'Nord.
The Vassa Vassa Omava 10%
Assiran 10% Helva 10%
Rhuska 10%
Zarun Zarunese Marentian 15%
Thaban 15% Aratad 20%
Climan 5% La'Ced 20%
Zen'dali 25% Donaran 10%
Portan 15%
The Zen'da Zen'dali* Neighboring tongues** 10%
* There are three dialects of this language (Eastern, Central, Western regions).
**Where a given Zen'da tribe borders on another culture, the members of that tribe will have a 10% chance of speaking that culture's native tongue.

NOTE - If the nation has a language with no percentage it is likely to be the native tongue and thus at 100%.

Human Languages

There are 78 Human languages with linguistic families that show the relationship among those tongues as follows:

Linguistic Families

There are 22 distinct groupd. Those with a asterik are barbarian tongues, others are civilized. Where "associated tongues" are listed they are considered to be related, through borrowing, though they are actulaly members of a different linguistic group. This usually means the tongue is related through conquest by a member of the linguistic group they are listed under. You will also find certain tongues listed after the group members that borrwo from one or more member tongues but are not associated. In this case, a player that knows a language in the group may be able to pick up key words and phrases used in the listed languages because they are local corruptions of words that are native to this language. The various linguistic groups are:

Armani

No western tongues are related to Armani. It borrows from the Goidanese. According to some Goidanese scholars, who managed to learn Armani, it is closer to Elf Sidh than any human tongue. In fact, Armani is related to Elf Sidh, Faerry Sidh and the Tongue of the Sidh. It is a corruption of those languages. (It does not have any of the magical meaning of the Sidh Tongue).

Bhamoti

Bhamoti, Rizeeli*, Balas*, and L'p'nth's Desert Tongue**. ** Use of this language has been outlawed in L'p'nth for centuries. IT survives as a secret tongue, mostly used by bandits, rebels and assassins in L'p'nth. The penalty for speaking this tongue in public is a death by slow torture.

Caldan

Caldan and Kazi*. Speakers of the Fierazi tongues* borrow certain words (especially commerical terms) from Caldan.

Ced

La'Ced, Aratad, E'lici and Salaqi. Associated tongues are Irava, Xianese, Zarunese and Shazir.

Cerulean

Cerulean, Patani* and Dallazi*. Associated tongues are Dhalrani, Balas*, Dechan, Bhamoti and Rogizini. The desert tribes of western L'p'nth also borrow extensively from the Cerulean language.

Fomorian

Formorian, Shandar*, Kolari* and Goidanese*. An associated language, borrowed from Goidanese*, is Armani.

Iravan

Irava and Xianese.

Kakana

Kakana*, Ghazai*, Kalem* and Timbaza*. In the recent past the Izza* have borrowed heavily from this group, especially terms dealing with drugs, slavery, torture, etc.

Kameri

Kameri*, Assiran*, No'reas* and So'reas*, Valhani*, Omava*, Kirlla, Kazi*, Djani and Zen'dali* borrow from various members of this group.

Katai

Katai, Chunai, Bayan and L'p'nth. The Sarghut* borrow certain phrases from this group. The Fomorian dialect from the Kingdom of the East has also adopted many words from this linguistic group. Some Kll'maun dialects are associated with Bayan.

Korchi

Korchi, Dirlla and Trean. Associated tongues are Fomorian, Djani and Goidanese*. The Fierazi No'reas* dialect, especially that of the Nethagen, has begun to borrow extensively from the Korchi group in the recent past.

Lemasan

Lemasan, Matan, Taolisan and Dawanaese. Associated tongues are "the Eastern Tongues" and Robari*.

Nordian

Djani, Ghiam*, Valhani and Novarischi. Associated tongues are Assiran*, No'reas* and So'Reas*.

Nylasa

Nylasa*, Izza* and Mopazi*. The Fomorian dialect of Port Doman borrows from this linguistic group.

Ro'bab

Ro'babzan* and Shurani*. Associated tongues are Kiraza and the old tongue of K'lza'babwe**.

** Under the Lorcan emporers the old tongue is out of favor. Ro'babzan has been the official language since the reign of Ali Lorca. The old tongue is still used in the city by the noble and merchant classes.

Robari

Robari is the only member of this group. They borrow from Matan and take a few words from Sair'a'cili.

Rogizini

Rogizini, Gomese, Climan, Dechan, Kiraza, Shazir, Sair'kacili, and Sair'a'cili*.

Rhuskan

Rhuselka*, Ypanaza*, Kll'Maun*, Djackschi*, and Omava*. The Kameri* borrow some from the Omava*.

Sarghut

Sarghut and Helva. Helva is spoken by the Helva and the Humagi. Few languages borrow anything from this tongue.

Teosan

Teosan and Dhalrani. The Cerulean tongue borrows from the Dhalrani.

Thaliban

Thaliban, Thaban*, Zen'dali*, Portan, Ba'ru, Marentian, Donaranan, and Zarunese. Associated tongues are Salaqi, E'lici, and Xianese.

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