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*Draconic - The legendary language of the extinct [[Dragons]]. | *Draconic - The legendary language of the extinct [[Dragons]]. | ||
*Naga - The legendary language of the extinct [[Naga]]. | *Naga - The legendary language of the extinct [[Naga]]. | ||
*Sahuagin - The legendary language of the utterly alien shark people who live under the seas. It is said that the sounds of Sahuagin language are a frightening combination of ethereal trills mixed with wet flapping and short grunts, punctuated by basso popping noises that can carry quite long distances under water. Sahuagin have not been seen on the mainland for ages and are are considered mythological to many, but they may still exist, lurking beneath the waters. Many sailors still tell tales of seeing them but few have believable stories of surviving an up-close encounter and many tales of hearing Sahuagin "talking" turn out to be simply seals, whales, or other mundane beasts. | |||
===Outlands=== | ===Outlands=== | ||
The linguistic history of the [[Unknown Lands]] is largely unknown and unstudied. There is no regular or reliable contact or relations between the two lands and what few stories of contact do exist describe languages and writing systems with few similarities to Mainland languages. | The linguistic history of the [[Unknown Lands]] is largely unknown and unstudied. There is no regular or reliable contact or relations between the two lands and what few stories of contact do exist describe languages and writing systems with few similarities to any Mainland languages. | ||
===Planar and Outsider=== | ===Planar and Outsider=== | ||
Creatures from outside [[The Veil]] typically speak their own languages, but outside of especially scholarly clerics, wizards, or those with strange magical powers few | Creatures from outside [[The Veil]] typically speak their own languages, but outside of especially scholarly clerics, wizards, or those with strange magical powers very few even know of the existence of these. | ||
*Abyssal - The language of Demons | *Abyssal - The language of Demons | ||
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*Primordial - The language of Elementals, made up of Auran, Aquan, Ignan, and Terran dialects, one for each of the four elemental planes. Creatures that speak different dialects of the same language can communicate with one another. | *Primordial - The language of Elementals, made up of Auran, Aquan, Ignan, and Terran dialects, one for each of the four elemental planes. Creatures that speak different dialects of the same language can communicate with one another. | ||
*Sylvan - The language of Fey creatures. | *Sylvan - The language of Fey creatures. | ||
===Ssel'it subfamily=== | ===Ssel'it subfamily=== | ||