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#1 lollerkeet Sep 17, 2006 0:44:36	I think this list is complete, please tell me if it isn't. (Rhul-thuan is Jagged-Cliff halfling). Aarakocra Anakore Anakore Aquan Athasian Sign Auran B’rohg Balican Beasthead Giant Belgoi Braxat Bvanen Common Crag Giant Desert Giant Drajan Druidic Dwarf Elven Ettercap Feylaar Genie Gith Giustenal Goblin Spider Gulgan Gulgan Halfling, Forest Ridge Halfling, Jagged Cliffs Hej-kin High Draxan Ignan Jozhal Kenku Kip Kurnish Lizard Man Low Draxan Magera Meazel Nibanese Nikaal Pterran Raamin Reggelid Ruvoka Saragarn Scrab Silt Runner Slig Ssurran Tarek Tari Terran Thri-kreen Tohr-kreen Trin Tul’k Urikite Yuan-ti Two questions: 1. "The shadow people speak the ancient languages of Ur Draxa and the civilized halfling nations"; is this one language or two? 2. WTF is a Meazal?
#2 thebrax Sep 17, 2006 2:09:44	Tyrian Eldaarish Kurnan Neshtap Hand Signal Cuurnu Eldaarish Drumcode Eloy Moratuc
#3 jon_oracle_of_athas Sep 17, 2006 2:48:01	I believe it is Draji, not Drajan. Perhaps you are confusing it with Draxan?
#4 jon_oracle_of_athas Sep 17, 2006 2:52:03	A meazel is a D&D creature the Dark Sun boxed set listed as being suitable for Athas. On the same list was the remorhaz, which exists in an arctic climate. ;)
#5 squidfur- Sep 17, 2006 21:43:44	Common City-State Languages Balikite Bodachi Draji Eldaarish Giustenal (spoken by the dray and Dregoth) Gulg High Draxan (still spoken by the shadow giants and the few survivors of the city-state) Kalidnese (no it is not a dead languages, it is still used by house Mareneth as a secret language.) Kurnan Low Draxan (could still be spoken by the rare surviving slave or ka'ardani) Nibenese Raamin Saragarian Tyrian Urikite Yaramukite Racial/Regional Languages Aarakocran Anakore (Dune Freak) Baazrag Belgoi Braxat B’rohg (simple grunts and sign language) Bvanen Dark Spider (impossible for humans to speak without psionic/magic aid.) Dolphin (impossible for humaniods to speak without magic/psionic aid) Drik (spoken by High Drik only) Dwarven (new, spoken by the dwarves of the tablelands) Dwarven (old, spoken by the dwarves of the Last Sea region) Eloy (???) Elven (new, spoken by the elves of the tablelands) Elven (old, spoken by the elves of the Last Sea region) Feylaar Gaj (impossible for humans to speak without psionic/magic aid.) Giant Gith Gnomish (spoken by undead gnomes) Goblin (spoken by ???) Halfling (forestridge and losthome halflings) Hej-Kin Hunting Cactus (psionic language?) Jozhal Kirre (impossible for humans to speak without psionic/magic aid.) Klar (impossible for humans to speak without psionic/magic aid.)Lizardfolk Magera Mindhome Mountain Spider (impossible for humans to speak without psionic/magic aid.) Nikaal Orc (spoken by ???) Pterran Reggelid Rhul-Thuan (cliff dwelling halflings) Rhulisti (Still spoken by the shadow giants) Scrab Silt Runner Slig Ssurran Sylvan Tarek Tari Tembo (impossible for humans to speak without psionic/magic aid.) Thri-kreen Tohr-kreen Trin Tul'k Xerichou (impossible for humans to speak without psionic/magic aid.) Yuan-ti Zhackal (impossible for humans to speak without psionic/magic aid.) Elemental Languages Aquan Auran Ignan Terran Special Eldaarish Drumcode Kreen-sign (??) Neshtap Hand Signal as far as I know, this list should be complete (and accurate to spelling/usage)...well add those mentioned by brax and it should be (added some but not sure where Cuurnu, and Moratuc would be categorized) ...and to note - according to the monster entry (in Monsters of Faerun), meazals speak common, ie. they do not have a language of their own. oh, and can someone tell why the hell "sylvan" is on my list?
#6 Pennarin Sep 17, 2006 22:19:14	oh, and can someone tell why the hell "sylvan" is on my list? Nope. A Search of ToA and TotDL reveals no presence of the word...
#7 thebrax Sep 18, 2006 0:59:20	Moratuc is the language of the Moratuc dwarven community on the Charvass peninsula. The Dragon's Crown module says that the Moratuc language is only partially understandable by dwarves. The Moratuc, and their ally Trenbull from house M'ke, have significant roles in the Lost Cities supp, but I haven't used Marcus, Trenbull's father from DC, other than to suggest that he's gone back to his island and has contact with Trenbull, creating a possible link back to the Road of Fire. Cuurnu is a regional language, known throughout the dim lands and to a lesser degree in the Trembling Plains and among slaves in Kurn. Cuurnu's closest analogy is the dance language of Nibenay, but involves much more subtle gestures and expressions. As Prodigy said in Wisdom of Terror, every dance has a poem, and every fight has an argument. Two people wordlessly fighting may suddenly stop, and if you don't know Cuurnu, you don't understand that they came to agreement. I've been told today that there's actually a real world equivalent to this, in ... Brazil, is it? Beyond that there are nearly a hundred nameless dialects in Eldaarich since the labor camps aka slave villages have been so isolated for King's Ages that their only link is the Cuurnu that the wandring peasants teach them.
#8 methvezem Sep 18, 2006 8:17:52	Special Kreen-sign (??) The kreen sign language exists and is described in TKoA under Proficiencies. ;) The to'ksa and jeral have each a specific sign language that is not readily understood by the other subrace. No mention is made of the sign language of the northern kreens, but these can also exists. Racial/Regional Languages Sylvan My guess is that Sylvan is for the pixies, which aren't listed. The MM states that they speak Common and Sylvan.